Alan Ferguson

Alan is a Non-Executive Director of Johnson Matthey Plc, Croda International Plc. and AngloGold Ashanti Limited. He chairs the audit committees of each of these companies and is the senior independent director of both Johnson Matthey Plc and Croda International Plc. Alan was Chief Financial Officer and a director of Lonmin Plc. until December 2010.

Prior to this, he was Group Finance Director of the BOC Group Plc. until it was acquired by the Linde Group in 2006. Before then, Alan spent 22 years in a variety of roles at Inchcape Plc., including six years as its Group Finance Director from 1999. Alan is a chartered accountant and sits on the Business Policy Panel of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.