Directors
Tean Elizabeth Dallaway, born 1967, Finance Director and Company Secretary
Tean Dallaway was appointed Finance Director in 2004. She joined the Group in 1994 and became Company Secretary in 1996. Previously, having graduated in Physics from the University of Bristol, she qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse.
Tony Lisanti, born 1957, Chief Executive Officer
Tony Lisanti, Chief Executive Officer, joined the Group in May 2002. Having trained and later graduated as a manufacturing engineer, he held posts with Mars Ltd and various subsidiaries of RTZ Industries. Previously he was Group Managing Director of Spear & Jackson plc.
Tony Lisanti is a member of the Group's nomination committee.
Stuart Randolph Lyons CBE, born 1943, Chairman
Stuart Lyons, Chairman, joined the Group in 2005. He was managing
director
of UDS group plc before joining Pearson plc as chief executive of the
Royal
Doulton group, which he led successfully for 12 years. He has been a
member
of the Monopolies & Mergers Commission, a non-executive director of Hogg
Robinson plc, and chairman of Gartmore Absolute Growth and Income Trust
plc
and The Wensum Company plc. He is a graduate of Cambridge University
and
the Advanced Management Program at Wharton, USA.
Stuart Lyons is a member of the Group's remuneration, audit and nomination committees.
John David Newman, born 1946, Non-executive Director
John Newman was appointed to the board in November 2003. He was formerly
Chief Executive of UKS Group Ltd and has held main board directorships operating
in PLC and MBO environments spanning a variety of industries in the UK and
internationally. He qualified as an accountant in 1969, and in his early
career worked as a management consultant with Price Waterhouse. Currently
he is a non-executive director of Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust,
a director and trustee of Headway Bristol Brain Injury Association Ltd and
a business adviser to The Prince's Trust in the South West.
He is a member of the Group's remuneration, audit and nomination committees.
Stephen Graham Yates, born 1954, Non-executive Director
Stephen Yates joined the Airsprung Group in 1977 and has held various managerial positions in Sales and Marketing. He joined the Group board in 1987 and was appointed to his current position in 2007.
He has been Chairman of the Sleep Council, the bed industry's promotional body set up to raise awareness of the benefits of sleep. More recently, from 2004-2006 he was President of the National Bed Federation, the bed industry's trade organisation.
Stephen is a graduate of Bath University.
He is a member of the Group's audit committee.