Board of Directors

Andrew Allner

Non-Executive Chairman

Andrew is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Shepherd Building Group plc and SIG plc.

He was Non-Executive Chairman of Marshalls plc, and Go-Ahead Group plc and Non-Executive Director of CSR plc and Northgate plc and Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of AZ Electronic Materials SA. Previously, Andrew was Group Finance Director of RHM plc, taking a lead role in its flotation on the London Stock Exchange and its subsequent sale to Premier Foods plc. He was CEO of Enodis plc and also served in senior executive positions with Dalgety plc, Amersham International plc and Guinness plc. He was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and is a graduate of Oxford University.

Andrew has been Non-Executive Chairman since 2012 and also chairs the nomination committee and sits on the remuneration committee.

 

Christopher Gilbert

CEO

Chris Gilbert has developed a number of successful businesses, with specific responsibility for fundraising, executive business management and their subsequent disposals. In that time, Chris has raised significant sums for companies he has founded or reorganised.

In 1992, Chris co-founded Infectious Records, an independent record company which grew to be one of the most successful independent record companies in the UK. Following this he founded Auriga Networks, a satellite transmission company which numbered among its clients NATO, the British and US Army, BBC, Fox Television and CBS News. In addition, Chris co-founded DarkStar Technologies, a high tech start up providing internet security and data management services to the entertainment industry. Chris co-founded Crosstown Songs, a buy and build music publishing venture funded by Cargill which became a major independent music publishing company which was sold to KKR / Bertelsmann.

Chris has been CEO since the formation of the Company in 2011.

 

FIONA HADFIELD

Finance Director

Fiona Hadfield is a chartered accountant. She previously worked with Deloitte LLP. Fiona joined Crosstown Songs as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing all financial aspects of the company’s disposal of assets to KKR and Bertelsmann. Fiona is a graduate of Oxford University.

Fiona joined Fox Marble as Finance Director in 2011.

 

Roy Harrison OBE

Non-Executive Director

A former Chief Executive of the Tarmac Group, Senior Non-Executive Director at the BSS Group and President of the Construction Products Association, Roy also served as Non-Executive Chairman of the AIM listed Renew Holdings plc and has held Non-Executive roles in a number of private construction products companies. Roy is Chairman of the Thomas Telford Multi Academy Trust having spent 25 years establishing and running new or rescued Schools under the Thomas Telford Banner.

Roy has been a Non-Executive Director of Fox Marble since 2012 and also chairs the remuneration committee and sits on the audit and nomination committees.

 

Sir Mark Lyall-Grant KCMG

Non-Executive Director

Sir Mark is one of the United Kingdom's most senior public servants, with more than 30 years of experience in leadership, policy making, negotiation and public presentation. He has held diplomatic postings on four continents, including High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador to the United Nations. He was National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister from 2015 to 2017. He is currently a visiting professor at King's College London, and a Consultancy Adviser on National and International Security. He is a qualified barrister and was appointed to the Bench of Middle Temple in 2011.

Sir Mark has been a Non-Executive Director of Fox Marble since 2022.