Tim Melville-Ross
Group Chairman
Age 64
Board appointment:
Non-Executive Director: 17 January 2000
Chairman: 6 September 2000
Committee membership:
Nomination Committee (Chairman), Remuneration Committee
Tim was formerly Director General of The Institute of Directors and, before that, Chief Executive of Nationwide Building Society. He is Chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, Manganese Bronze Holdings plc and The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited.
Paul Idzik
Group Chief Executive
Age 48
Board appointment:
3 November 2008
Committee membership:
Nomination Committee
Before joining DTZ Paul was Group Chief Operating Officer of Barclays Plc from 2004 to 2008, and previously held the Chief Operating Officer role for Barclays Capital Limited, the Investment Banking division of Barclays Plc. Prior to the positions at Barclays, Paul was a partner at management consultancy Booz, Allen & Hamilton, now Booz & Co. Paul was formerly a Non‑Executive Director of LCH.Clearnet.
Bob Rickert
Group Finance Director and Global Chief Operating Officer
Age 48
Board appointment:
27 May 2009
Bob joined DTZ in March 2009 as Global Chief Operating Officer and was subsequently appointed as Group Finance Director. He moved to the Group from Barclays Plc, where he had been the Chief Information Officer of Global Retail and Commercial Banking from January 2006 to February 2009. Before joining Barclays, he was the Chief Executive Officer of NT Medical Systems Inc, a North American medical technology systems company, and prior to this role had worked at IBM for 14 years and KeyCorp for five years.
Leung Chun Ying (CY Leung)
Chairman, Asia Pacific
Age 54
Board appointment:
14 December 2006
CY has been involved with the Group since 1993. In 1999 the Group bought a minority interest in his business and affirmed the relationship in 2006 acquiring the remaining 70% of the equity. He has been Chairman of DTZ’s Asia Pacific business since February 2007. CY is a past Chairman of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Hong Kong and a past President of the Institute of Surveyors in Hong Kong. He is also a Trustee, Executive Committee Member and Chairman of Asia for the Urban Land Institute of the United States and a Non‑Executive Director of Shui On Land Limited and Sing Tao News Corporation Limited. Since 1997, CY has been a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and is currently the Convenor. Since 2003 he has been a member of the National Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
Pascal Derrey
Non‑Executive Director
Age 58
Board appointment:
20 January 2009
Committee membership:
Audit Committee (Chairman), Remuneration Committee
Pascal has been responsible for the corporate development of SAS Saint George since 2005. From 1974 to 1994, he worked for Unilever, primarily in the Finance Department, becoming Vice‑President of Finance of Unilever de Venezuela in 1988, a position he held until 1993. In 1994, he was appointed Managing Director of Alain Affelou SA.
Alicja Lesniak
Independent Non‑Executive Director
Age 57
Board appointment:
8 March 2004
Committee membership:
Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees
Alicja has over 30 years experience of financial and operational management in the management consultancy, engineering and, most recently, marketing services sectors. She is currently CFO of Aegis Group plc. Previously she served as a Board member for BBDO Worldwide Inc. and prior to that she was Chief Financial Officer worldwide of Ogilvy & Mather and Managing Director of J Walter Thompson UK. Since 2006 she has been a Non‑Executive Director of the specialist staffing business SThree. Alicja is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Frank Piédelièvre
Non‑Executive Director
Age 53
Board appointment:
20 January 2009
Committee membership:
Nomination Committee
Frank has headed the strategic committee of SAS Saint George since 2005 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of SAS Saint George in 2008. He also holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of SAS Saint George Participations and is the Chairman of SAS Groupe GM‑Exedra. He served as Managing Director of Chantiers Modernes from 1982 until 1992 when he was appointed the Managing Director of SAS Groupe GM‑Exedra. He served as Managing Director of SAS Groupe GM‑Exedra until 1994, after which he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Bureau Veritas in 1996.
Peter Stone
Independent Non‑Executive Director
Age 63
Board appointment:
26 April 2001
Committee membership:
Remuneration Committee (Chairman), Audit and Nomination Committees
Peter was previously Deputy Chairman of Close Brothers, where he worked for 23 years until 1998. He is currently Non‑Executive Chairman of WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme), a Government delivery body set up and funded by DEFRA, and a Non‑Executive Director of Opus Trust Group Limited.
François Tardan
Non‑Executive Director
Age 56
Board appointment:
20 January 2009
François has been Chief Financial Officer of Bureau Veritas since 1998. He started his career at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in Paris in 1980 where he worked until 1984. He then worked as an investment banker in New York until he was appointed as Vice‑President of corporate development of Chantiers Modernes in 1989. He held this position until 1994. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Fondasol in 1995 where he remained until 1998.