Joe Oatley

Joe was appointed aNon-Executive Chair of the Company from July 2018. He served as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee from that date until April 2020. Joe served as interim Non-Executive Chairman from April to September 2020 and was appointed as the Senior Independent Director on 30 September 2020. Joe is currently also a Non-Executive Director at Wates Group Limited and Centurion Group Limited, and is a member of the advisory board of Buchanan. Previously he was Group Chief Executive of Cape plc, a global FTSE-listed company specialising in the provision of critical industrial services to the energy and natural resources sectors, from 2012 to 2018. Prior to joining Cape he was Chief Executive of Hamworthy plc, a global oil and gas engineering business, which he joined in 2007 and led until its takeover by Wärtsilä in 2012. Joe spent the early part of his career in the engineering sector in a broad range of roles, including Managing Director of a number of different businesses, Strategy Development and M&A.