Board and management
The board consists of the Chairman, Chief Executive, Finance Director and three independent non-executive Directors as follows:
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Malcolm Coster - 65
Non executive Chairman
Chairman, Nomination Committee
He joined Fiberweb as Chairman-designate in June 2006, was appointed to the Board on 30 August 2006 and was appointed Chairman with effect from the Demerger. He is Chairman of MTL Instruments Group Plc and DMW Group and a non executive director of Universe Group plc. He was a non executive director of the Performing Right Society and British Technology Group. An engineer and information technologist by training, he was President of Europe, Middle East and Africa for UNISYS Corporation between 1994 and 1997; Chairman of UNISYS Limited; and a member of the board, executive partner and head of the management consulting practice at Coopers & Lybrand between 1986 and 1994.
Daniel Dayan - 45
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel joined Fiberweb in June 2005 as its Chief Executive Officer and was appointed to the Board on 21 July 2006. During 2009 he was appointed a non-executive director of Stobart Group Limited and as a Trustee of the human rights charity The Medical Foundation. Between 1994 and 2005 he was employed by Novar plc in a variety of general management and functional positions, including Head of Corporate Development and Chief Executive Officer of Novar’s largest division, Intelligent Building Systems. He was a director of Novar plc from January 2004 until its acquisition by Honeywell in March 2005. Earlier in his career, he worked in manufacturing management with ICI plc and as a management consultant for Arthur D. Little. He is a chartered mechanical engineer.
Daniel Abrams - 54
Chief Financial Officer
He joined Fiberweb in February 2008 as Director and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Fiberweb he was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Cambridge Display Technology Inc until July 2006 and was Finance Director of Xenova Group plc between 1997 and 2005. He has also held senior finance roles with Diageo plc and PepsiCo Inc. He holds an MA in law from Cambridge and qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. He has been a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel since January 2007.
Richard Stillwell - 60
Non executive Director
Senior Independent Director
Chairman, Remuneration Committee
He was appointed to the Board on 30 August 2006 and is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Senior Independent Director. He was a Non executive Director of BBA Group plc from 1998 to 2006 and Chairman of its Remuneration Committee. He is also a Non executive Director of St Ives plc, Penna Consulting Plc and TBI Plc. Until August 2000, he was Executive Vice-President Industrial Specialties at Imperial Chemical Industries plc, holding various posts since 1974.
Steve Dryden - 41
Non executive Director
Chairman, Audit Committee
He was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2009. He has been the Group Finance Director of DS Smith Plc since 1 April 2008. He previously held the position of Finance Director of Filtrona plc following its demerger from Bunzl plc in 2005. Prior to that he was divisional Finance Director of the Filtrona businesses and held other senior finance positions within Bunzl plc. He began his career at Price Waterhouse and has also held various finance roles in Rolls-Royce plc.
Brian Taylorson - 54
Non executive Director
He was appointed to the Board on 25 September 2006. He is currently Finance Director of Elementis plc, a global speciality chemicals company, a position he has held since April 2003. Prior to joining Elementis in 2002, he was Head of European Chemicals M&A at KPMG Corporate Finance. From 1983 to 2000 he held a number of finance positions at Dow Chemical Company. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.