Directors

Born: April 1968

Nick Latham has worked in the company for 27 years and was appointed to the board in 2007. He is a director of Lathams Limited and provides advice to the Remuneration Committee. He sits on the main board of the Timber Research and Development Association.

Born: April 1964

David Dunmow has worked in the company for 25 years and was appointed to the board as Finance Director in 2000. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a director of Lathams Limited and Abbey Wood Agencies Limited, and provides advice to the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He is a former treasurer of the Timber Trade Federation. He is a Trustee of the James Latham plc Pension and Assurance Scheme.

Born: November 1964

Andrew Wright has worked in the company for 18 years and was appointed to the board in 2015.  He is Managing Director, chairing the Lathams Limited board, and sits on the Audit Commitee.

Born: March 1971

Piers Latham has worked in the company for 26 years and was appointed to the board in 2014. He is a director of Lathams Limited, and Chairman of the Trustees of the James Latham plc Pension and Assurance Scheme.

Born: May 1958

Fabian French was appointed a non-executive director in 2015. He chairs the Audit Committee and sits on the Remuneration and Nominations Committee.  He is a qualified solicitor and worked in corporate finance for major investment banks. He is currently Chief Executive of UK Community Foundations and is a director of CRGH Investment LLP, Goodenough College Charity,  Trebartha Hydro Ltd, and is a previous director of Inspiration in Sport and Mithras Investment Trust Plc.

Born: March 1972

Paula Kerrigan was appointed a non executive director in October 2017. She has a wide variety of public company experience and is currently Group Strategy and Transformation Director at Green King.  She sits on the Audit Committee and the Remuneration and Nominations Committee. She has previously held senior strategy and transformation roles at SuperGroup plc and the Co-operative Group.  Prior to that she spent 15 years at Kingfisher plc where she held a variety of roles including Finance and Strategy Director for B&Q in Asia and Delivering Value Director for B&Q in the UK.