Worthington Group plc

Saturday 4th September 2010 13:23pm | Share Price Information

The directors of Worthington Group plc are:-

Joseph Claude Dwek CBE FTI (Chairman) - joined the Board and was appointed Executive Chairman on 27 April 1999. He also took over the role of Chief Executive on 31 January 2004.

He has over 35 years experience in textile related businesses and was Chief Executive of Bodycote International plc from 1972 to 1999 when he retired and Chairman to 1998. He is a Board member of the NorthWest Development Agency and is currently a director of Penmarric Plc, Opal Property Group Ltd and Mercury Recycling Ltd. He recently completed his term of office as Chairman of The Mersey Basin Campaign and The Healthy Waterways Trust. He is also a member of the Board of the DTI Environmental Innovations Advisory Group, and also holds a number of other appointments.

David Michael Shalom ACA (Finance Director) - joined the Board on 6 August 2004 as Finance Director on a part-time basis. Having qualified with Deloitte & Touche's audit division in 1991 he subsequently spent four years in their Corporate Recovery division. In 1995 David joined Coral Products plc, a fully listed company and was appointed Finance Director in 1997, aged 30. In 2002 he became Finance Director of a private textile importers before leaving in 2004 to become a consultant involved in the provision of part time Executive and Non-Executive Directorships to smaller businesses and smaller listed companies.

Michael Edelson (Non-Executive Director) - joined the Board on 5 September 2005. He currently chairs the boards of EXC plc, London & City Credit Corporation Ltd and Elm Partners plc. Historically he has been a director of a number of companies admitted to trading on AIM and has been on the board of Manchester United Football Club Limited since 1982.