NEC Group Board
Martin Angle
Non-Executive Chairman
I have held senior executive roles in investment banking, industry and private equity, and I currently hold a number of non-executive directorships including: Savills plc; JSC Severstal, one of the world’s largest steel companies; Shuaa Capital, one of the leading equity brokers in the Gulf; Chairmanship of the National Exhibition Centre Ltd; Pennon Group plc; and, until July 2008, the Chairmanship of Celerant Consulting, an international management consultancy group. I am also honoured to sit on the Board of Warwick Business School.
As an executive, I held, until the end of 2006, senior operational positions with Terra Firma Capital Partners and various members of its portfolio companies including the Executive Chairmanship of the Waste Recycling Group, one of the UK’s largest waste management companies, and Executive Deputy Chairmanship of Le Meridien Hotel Group.
Before that I was the Group Finance Director of TI Group plc, a specialised engineering company in the FTSE 100 with activities in more than 50 countries. Prior to that I held a number of senior positions, over a 20 year investment banking career, with SG Warburg & Co Ltd; Morgan Stanley, where I was Head of UK M & A; and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

Cllr Sir Albert Bore
Shareholder Representative, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Bore is Leader of the Council and Leader of the Labour Group at Birmingham City Council.
Cllr Ian Ward
Shareholder Representative, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Ward is Deputy Leader of the Council and Deputy Leader of the Labour Group at Birmingham City Council.
Cllr Mike Whitby
Shareholder Representative, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Whitby is Leader of the Conservative Group at Birmingham City Council.
Cllr Stewart Stacey
Shareholder Representative, Birmingham City Council
Cllr Stacey is cabinet member for commissioning, contracting and improvement at Birmingham City Council - Labour Group.
John Pratt
Shareholder Representative, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
John Pratt is Senior Non-Executive Director of the Board of Directors. He is a business and franchise lawyer and runs an established practice, Hamilton Pratt in Warwick.
Eric Tracey
Shareholder Representative, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Eric Tracey is Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Findel plc, an Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Burtons Holdings Ltd and a Partner in investment manager, Governance for Owners LLP.
David Waller
Shareholder Representative, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
David Waller is Chairman of Birmingham Chamber Group.
Cllr Ken Meeson
Non-Executive Director
Cllr Meeson is Leader of the Council and Leader of the Conservative Group at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council .
Paul Thandi
Executive Director
Paul Thandi is Chief Executive of The National Exhibition Centre Ltd
John Hornby
Executive Director
John Hornby is Chief Operating Office of The National Exhibition Centre Ltd
Kathryn James
Executive Director
Kathryn James is Managing Director of The National Exhibition Centre Ltd
Paul Dransfield
Observer
Corporate Director of Resources - Birmingham City Council.
Elaine Peach
Observer
Finance Manager, Birmingham City Council.