Empresaria Group plc - International temporary & permanent staffing group

Tony Martin (Chairman) Tony served as Chairman and CEO of Select Appointments (Holdings) Limited from 1992 to 1999 when he became Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Management of Vedior NV, the world’s third largest staffing services group. In August 2000 he assumed the role of Chairman and CEO, which he served until his retirement in February 2004. Tony held the position of Executive Chairperson at Corporate Services Group until standing down in September 2007. He is currently a member of Empresaria’s Audit committee.
Miles Hunt (Chief Executive) Miles trained as a solicitor before completing an MBA at Warwick and establishing ProSource Limited, a procurement outsourcing company, in 1995. He set up Empresaria in 1996 and has been Chief Executive since then. From 2000 to 2004 Miles was a non-executive director of Tribal Group plc.
Stuart Kilpatrick (Group Finance Director) Stuart qualified as a chartered accountant with BDO Binder Hamlyn and has held senior finance roles with Charles Baynes plc and Vodafone Group plc. His most recent role was as Group Financial Controller and Treasurer of Elementis plc, the global speciality chemicals business. Stuart joined the Board of Empresaria in April 2008.
Penny Freer (Non-Executive Director) Penny has been involved in small and mid-cap investment banking for almost 20 years, most recently as Head of Equities in London for Robert W Baird, the US investment bank. Penny was previously responsible for Credit Lyonnais' small and mid-cap equities activities. In 2004, Penny co-founded Capital Markets Group. She joined the Board of Empresaria in December 2005. Penny is also the Chairperson of Empresaria’s Remuneration committee.
Zach Miles (Non-Executive Director) Zach joined the Board on 1st October 2008, having recently held the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vedior N.V. He was a member of the Board of Management from 1999, and Chairman since February 2004. Before joining Vedior, Zach was CFO and a member of the Board of Directors of Select Appointments Plc. His career in the recruitment industry began in 1988. He was formally a partner in the international accountancy firm Arthur Andersen and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He sits on the Remuneration committee and is the Chairperson of the Audit committee.
Remuneration Committee The Remuneration Committee meets, as required during the year, to primarily determine the remuneration and benefits of the executive directors. Any remuneration issues concerning non-executive directors are resolved by this Committee and no director participates in decisions that concern their own remuneration Audit Committee The Audit Committee meets, as required during the year, at least twice with the Group's external auditors. Executive directors attend by invitation. The Committee's role is to review the interim and final financial statements for approval by the Board, to ensure that the appropriate financial and operating controls are functioning properly and to provide the forum through which the Group's external auditors report to the Board. The Committee also reviews the independence and objectivity of the external auditors.

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