Paul Lester

Paul joined the Board in January 2018 and succeeded John White as Chairman following the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 24 January 2018.

Paul is currently Chairman of Essentra plc and Forterra plc and was formerly a director of Invensys plc. Paul is also Chairman of Knight Square Ltd. Previously, he was Group Managing Director of Balfour Beatty plc before becoming Chief Executive of VT Group plc in 2002. Paul was also Chairman of John Laing Infrastructure Fund until September 2017.

Paul brings a wealth of experience in leading companies. Since his appointment, Paul has demonstrated strong and decisive leadership and he has been instrumental in working with the Executive Board in setting the Group’s new strategy.