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Justin Read

Justin Read

English businessman


Justin Richard Read (born May 1961)[1] is an English businessman particularly associated with the financial management of construction and property-related companies.

Read studied modern history at the University of Oxford, graduating in 1983, and has an MBA from INSEAD (1990).

Read worked for businesses including Euro Disney, Bankers Trust[2] and Hanson plc (during 13 years at Hanson he served as deputy FD, MD of Continental Europe, head of risk management and group treasurer),[3] and has been a director of companies including:[1][4]

  • Hanson plc (October 1993 โ€“ May 2003)[3]
  • Speedy Hire (finance director, April 2008 โ€“ August 2011)[5]
  • Segro plc (finance director, August 2011 โ€“ December 2016)[6]
  • Ibstock plc (non-executive director, appointed January 2017)[4][7]
  • Grainger plc (non-executive director, appointed February 2017)[8]

In December 2017 he was appointed as a non-executive director to succeed one-time Hanson colleague Andrew Dougal as chair of the audit committee of Carillion,[2] six weeks before it went into liquidation.[9]


References

  1. "Justin Richard READ". Companies House. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. Price, David (1 December 2017). "Carillion appoints new non-executive director". Construction News. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. Singh, Rachel (18 May 2011). "New CFO for property business Segro". Accountancy Age. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. "Board of directors". Ibstock plc. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. "Speedy Hire names Justin Read as financial director". Finance and Stock Market News. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. Unsted, Sam (14 April 2016). "SEGRO Finance Director Justin Read To Retire Later In 2016". Morningstar. Alliance News. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. "BRIEF-Ibstock names Segro finance director Justin Read to board". Reuters. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  8. Ford, Coreena (4 January 2017). "Former CEO of Barratt Developments named as new Grainger Plc chairman". Newcastle Chronicle. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. "Carillion to go into liquidation". BBC News. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.



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