1. Xuemei Bennink-Bai (Age 45)
Group Marketing and Innovation
Director and responsible for
operations in Asia
Skills and experience Appointed in
October 2009, initially for operations in
the Asia and Pacific regions. Formerly
Managing Director of Unilever Food
Solutions China and a member of the
Unilever Food Solutions Board for Asia,
Africa and the Middle East. Prior to this
she held a wide range of positions with
Unilever in general management,
sales, business development, project
management and research in China,
Vietnam, the Netherlands and the UK.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications No external
commitments. PhD in Engineering from
Cambridge University and BSc in
Engineering from Huazhong University
of Science and Technology, China.
3. Chris Broe (Age 50)
Chief Information Officer
Skills and experience Appointed in August
2011. He joined Rentokil Initial in June 2010
initially as Programme Director before
quickly assuming responsibility as
Textiles & Hygiene Divisional IT Director.
Prior to this he held a number of positions
at Unilever, most notably as Vice
President, Global Application Services
and CIO, Europe.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications No external
commitments. BA(Hons) in Business
Studies and a postgraduate of Warwick
Business School.
5. Martin Sawkins (Age 56)
Group HR Director
Skills and experience Appointed in
November 2008. Previously held positio
as Group HR Director at HomeServe plc
Group HR Director at The AA Ltd and
HR Director at Centrica Home and Road
Services. Prior to this held a number of
senior positions in HR and operations at
British Aerospace and United Biscuits.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications No external
commitments. BSc (Hons) in Physics
from Southampton University.
7. Mike Brown (Age 55)
Divisional Managing Director, Initial Facilities
Skills and experience Appointed in
September 2010. Formerly Group Director
of Operations and prior to that CEO of
Integrated Services at Serco Group plc.
His previous career was with BOC Group
holding managing director positions in
Europe, China and South East Asia.
He also worked for Nestlé Ltd and GKN.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications A non-executive
director of N G Bailey Ltd. A Chartered
Accountant.
9. Andy Ransom (Age 48)
Executive Director
Committee memberships None
Skills and experience Joined Rentokil Initial
as an executive director in May 2008.
Responsible for the Pest Control and
Ambius divisions and the group legal and
M&A function. He was responsible for
Rentokil Initial’s Asia-Pacific businesses in
2008/09. Formerly a senior executive at
ICI (1987-2008) where he was responsible
for a number of group functions and
international businesses including ICI’s
regional and industrial divisions. He served
as the Executive Vice President of Mergers
and Acquisitions, General Counsel and
Company Secretary and was responsible
for a number of group functions.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications No other
appointments. Mr Ransom is a graduate of
the University of Southampton. A Solicitor.
2. David Smith (Age 47)
Divisional Managing Director,
City Link
Skills and experience Appointed in
December 2011. Previously at the Royal
Mail Group since 2002. From the end of
2010 he was a member of the Holdings
Board where he served as Chief Customer
Officer for Royal Mail Group responsible
for the commercial direction of the UK
Letters, Parcels and International Business,
and driving an agenda of customer
centricity. Previous roles include Managing
Director of Post Office Ltd and Managing
Director of Parcelforce. He also held
senior roles at RS Components UK Ltd.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications No external
commitments. A Chartered Accountant.
4. Alan Brown (Age 55)
Chief Executive
Committee memberships None
Skills and experience Joined Rentokil Initial
as Chief Executive in April 2008. Prior to
this, he was Chief Financial Officer of ICI
from 2005 to 2008. Before ICI, he spent 25
years at Unilever plc in various corporate,
operational and finance roles in the
Unilever group in the UK, Europe, Taiwan
and China including Senior Vice President
Finance, Unilever Food and Beverage
Europe and latterly Executive Chairman,
Unilever China.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications A non-executive
director of Intertek Group plc. Barrister
and Chartered Management Accountant.
6. Peter Slator (Age 51)
Divisional Managing Director,
Textiles & Hygiene Services with
responsibility for operations in
the Pacific
Skills and experience Appointed in April
2009. Previously worked for 28 years with
Unilever, having been Executive Chairman
in Australasia and prior to that the Group
Head of IT and before that Managing
Director of the Foods business in Japan.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications Board member of
the European Textile Services Association.
BSc (Hons) in Physics from Imperial
College, London.
8. Jeremy Townsend (Age 48)
Chief Financial Officer
Committee memberships None
Skills and experience Joined Rentokil Initial
as Chief Financial Officer in August 2010.
Formerly Finance Director of Mitchells &
Butlers plc, having been previously an
executive at J Sainsbury plc where he
held various finance roles including
Group Financial Controller, Corporate
Finance Director and Strategy Director.
Prior to Sainsbury’s, he was employed
by Ernst & Young, working in audit and
corporate finance.
Current external commitments and
relevant qualifications Graduated from
Manchester University with a first class
honours degree in Management Science.
A Chartered Accountant.
Company executive board
The chief executive and chief financial officer lead monthly
and quarterly business performance reviews with business
unit management teams. The group’s change programmes are
monitored by a programme board chaired by the chief executive.
The HR, finance and IT functions each has a governance structure
that oversees the performance of the functions and the delivery of
functional change programmes to drive capability improvements.
The company’s disclosure committee assists the chief executive
and the chief financial officer in fulfilling the board’s responsibility
for the accuracy and timeliness of the disclosures made by the
company whether in connection with its financial reporting
obligations or on other matters.
The company’s risk committee, chaired by the chief financial
officer, has oversight of the group’s risk and control function and
reviews the risks the group is facing and the effectiveness of the
internal controls.
The governance process in the business units comprises
the application of group and local policies and procedures,
management oversight, the analysis and management of risk, all
underpinned by the group’s values and behaviours. The operating framework is designed to ensure that
decisions are taken at the right time by colleagues with appropriate
authority, after considering all relevant factors from commercial to
reputational. The group operates through locally constituted and
governed legal entities in some 60 countries. Corporate entities
are managed in compliance with local law and regulation and
under principles set out in the group’s code of conduct.
Corporate responsibility
