Eatonfield Group plc

Rob Lloyd – Group Chief Executive, aged 44 years.

Rob completed his education at Rydal School in 1981. He has since been a property trader and developer throughout his career and has built up an acknowledged reputation in the property market. Rob’s first role was as a commercial assistant at Wilsons of Witney (now Wilsons Commercial) until 1984. He then worked as office negotiator for Grimley and Son (now GVA Grimleys) until March 1986 and then for National Car Parks Limited as a surveyor in its estates department. In March 1988, he joined Enterprise Development Limited, part of the David McLean group of companies, as a director leaving in 1989 to carry out property consultancy projects until 1997 when he joined UK Land (Manchester) Limited, where he became managing director. Rob founded the Group in 1998 and is responsible for determining the strategic direction of the business and leading the business development team.

Howard Jones B.A (Hons) ACMA – Group Finance Director, aged 49 years.

Howard graduated from Lancaster University in 1980 with a degree in Accounting and Finance, which he followed with a post graduate qualification at Cambridge University in Industrial Management. He has pursued an accounting career in a variety of industry sectors progressing to the level of Director. Howard was the Commercial Director of a £200m turnover private company supplying UK retailers.
He has worked for three public companies both in the UK and overseas (Whitecroft, T&N and Fugro) and was a trustee of a defined benefit pension scheme. Latterly, he was Finance Director of Fugro Robertson Limited, a subsidiary of Fugro NV, the first Dutch quoted company to report under IFRS in 2006. He has experience in mergers and acquisitions and has led accounting teams through corporate transactions.

Suki Kalirai B.Sc. (Hons), ARCS – Non-executive Director, aged 49 years.

Suki graduated with a degree in chemistry from Imperial College, London, in 1980. He then spent three years with Unilever and two years with Guinness Great Britain following which he spent eight years with Coca-Cola International, in a variety of marketing and general management roles, rising to become European operational planning director and director of European marketing. He joined Forte & Le Meridien Hotels as world-wide marketing director then became chairman of Serve Health and Beauty Ltd, where he established Re-aqua, now the largest independent operator of day spa and beauty salons in the UK, employing over 250 people across more than 25 sites. In 1999 Suki acted as a consultant for QXL plc, advising the board on roll-outs across Europe and for OneSwoop.com as interim chief operating officer leading a $50 million fund raising to establish and launch the company where he subsequently became a non-executive director until 2001. He is currently chairman and a director of the Spa Business Association, and a non-executive director of the Hair and Beauty Industry Authority.

Sir Leslie Young BSc, Econ, PhD (Honorary) –

Non-executive Chairman, aged 83 years.

A graduate of London University with a degree in economics, Sir Leslie was chairman and managing director of J. Bibby and Sons plc from 1968 to 1985. He was a main board director of National Westminster Bank from 1979 to 1989, and a director of the Bank of England from 1984 to 1988. Sir Leslie was also a director of Granada Television. He was appointed by the Government as the inaugural chairman of the Merseyside Development Corporation from 1980 to 1984; chairman of the British Waterways Board from 1984 to 1987; and chairman of National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside from 1986 to 1995. Sir Leslie received a CBE decoration in 1979 and a Knighthood in the 1984 Queen’s birthday honours, both in recognition of his public service. He has also been awarded an honorary Ph.D. in law by Liverpool University. More recently, Sir Leslie was chairman of Enterprise plc, the support services company, until its reverse takeover of a private company in 2002. He currently retains one other non-executive directorship of an unquoted textiles wholesaler.