Board of directors

Jamie Pike, Non Executive Chairman

Jamie Pike was Chief Executive of Foseco plc, an international business serving the foundry and steel making industries, until its acquisition by Cookson Group plc in April 2008.

He led the buy-out of Foseco from Burmah Castrol in 2001, which culminated in flotation on the main market in 2005. Mr Pike, who is also Chairman of RPC Group PLC, MBA Polymers Inc. and the Defence Support Group, was educated at Oxford, holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

His early career was as a consultant with Bain and Co and A T Kearney before joining Burmah Castrol in 1991. He rose to Chief Executive of Burmah Castrol Chemicals before leading the Foseco buy-out. He has previously been a Non-Executive Director of two FTSE 250 companies, RMC Group plc and Kelda Group plc.

Louis Eperjesi, Chief Executive Officer

Louis Eperjesi was appointed to the Board in February 2010. Mr. Eperjesi has an extensive and successful track record in the building materials and manufacturing sectors, most recently at Kingspan Group Plc, the international building products business, where he was an executive director on the main board and Divisional Managing Director of Kingspan Insulated Panels, the Group’s largest division.

Prior to joining Kingspan, Mr. Eperjesi held a range of senior management positions at subsidiaries of Baxi Group plc, Redland plc, Lafarge and Caradon plc.

James Brotherton, Chief Financial Officer

James Brotherton joined Lupus as head of corporate development in 2004. He was previously a Director in the Investment Banking Division of Citigroup, having also worked for HSBC and Ernst & Young. He is a Chartered Accountant.

James was appointed as CFO of Lupus on 10 May 2010 and joined the Board of Directors on 28 May 2010.

Les Tench, Non-Executive Director

Les Tench has considerable experience in building products, having joined CRH plc in 1992 where from 1998 until his retirement in December 2002 he was Managing Director of CRH Europe – Building Products. He was also a Non-Executive Director of the privately owned family business Shepherd Building Group Limited (Construction and Engineering, Manufacturing and Property Development) from 1994 until 2004. Mr Tench is currently Non-Executive Chairman of SIG plc and a Non-Executive Director of Norcros plc.

Martin Towers, Non-Executive Director

Martin Towers is currently Chief Executive of Spice plc. He was Group Finance Director of Kelda Group plc from 2003 until its takeover in February 2008. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and began his career with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) before moving to the retailer, Ward White Group plc. He has served as Group Finance Director of McCarthy & Stone plc, The Spring Ram Corporation plc, Allied Textile Companies plc and Yorkshire Group plc. He was a Non-Executive Director of Homestyle Group Plc from 2004 to 2006 and is currently a Non-Executive Director of KCOM Group PLC and RPC Group plc.