Gordon Page CBE, DL, MA, FRAeS
Non-executive Chairman

Mr Page, age 66, joined the board in June 2004. He is chairman of AirTanker Holdings Limited and PH Warr plc and is Pro-Chancellor of Cranfield University and chairman of Governors of Canford School. Mr Page previously held a number of senior commercial and marketing positions at Rolls-Royce plc and was chief executive (1991 - 2001) and chairman (2001-2008) of Cobham plc. He is a past president of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Society of British Aerospace Companies and the Chartered Management Institute. He was awarded the CBE in 2000, an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Cranfield University in 2003 and an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from Bournemouth University in 2009. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset in 2006. He is chairman of the nominations committee.

Joe Oatley MA
Chief Executive

Mr Oatley, age 41, joined the Company in September 2007 as Chief Executive having spent three years as managing director of Weir Strachan & Henshaw. Prior to that his experience was predominantly in the engineering sector in a variety of roles, including as managing director, in strategy development and acquisitions. Mr Oatley has a Masters Degree in Engineering from Cambridge University.

Paul Crompton BA FCA
Finance Director

Mr Crompton, age 48, joined the Company as finance director in 1994. A graduate in finance and business studies, he is a chartered accountant having spent five years at Ernst & Young. Prior to joining Hamworthy,Mr Crompton held senior board positions within the electronics and aerospace industries. He is a director and trustee of the Lewis Manning Trust.

Alan Frost DL BSC FIA
Non-executive director

Mr Frost, age 64, joined the board in June 2004. He is the chairman of Bournemouth University and Dorset Opera, and a non-executive director of NFU Mutual Insurance Society Limited, INVESCO Pensions Limited and The Bournemouth University Foundation. Mr Frost has over 40 years of experience in the financial services sector, including ten years as managing director of Abbey Life Assurance and chief executive of United Assurance Group plc. He is the senior independent director and chairman of the audit committee. In 2010 he was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.

James Wilding MA FCA
Non-executive director

Mr Wilding, age 49, joined the board in 2002. He is Chairman of Independent Living Group, a consultant to Bridgepoint Development Capital. His past roles have included Managing Director at AlixPartners, the performance improvement and restructuring firm, and Principal at Nikko Principal Investments, the private equity house. He is a chartered accountant and a former partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is chairman of the remuneration committee.

Senior Management

In addition to the Board, the Company has an executive committee which consists of the Chief Executive and Finance Director and five senior members of the management team, details of whom are set out below:

Tore Lunde, Managing Director - Gas Systems
Mr Lunde joined Hamworthy Gas Systems in 2000. He holds a degree in Naval Architecture and has 16 years' management experience with Exxon Mobil and Total.
 
Dr. Joe Thomas, Managing Director - Water Systems
Dr. Thomas joined Hamworthy in 1995. He holds a BSc degree and PhD in naval architecture from Newcastle University and is a chartered engineer through RINA. With 30 years experience, he has held a number of technical and management positions including 5 years working in the Far East. 

Piet H Daenen, Group Operations Director
Mr Daenen joined Hamworthy in 2008 having previously worked for JCB, BMW and Ford. He has over 19 years management experience in Operations including foreign assignments in China, Singapore, Malaysia & Brazil. He holds a BSc Degree & MSc in Biochemical Engineering from UCL.

Paul Fleetwood, Managing Director - Pump Systems
Mr. Fleetwood joined Hamworthy in 1998.  He holds B.Eng and M.Sc degrees in engineering and management from Loughborough and Warwick Universities respectively, and is a chartered engineer through the IET. Having previously worked for the David Brown Group, he has 19 years of operations and management experience including overseas appointments in Hungary, China & Singapore.

Richard Wiefelspuett, Group Aftersales Director
Dr. Wiefelspuett joined Hamworthy in February 2010. He holds M.Sc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Offshore Technology from the RWTH in Aachen, Germany. Richard has worked in the international shipbuilding and ship repair sector since 1982 including assignments in Canada, Europe and Asia. Prior to joining Hamworthy he has worked for Wärtsilä holding positions as Managing Director in China and Singapore.