Director Profiles
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Jonathan Templeman - CEO
Age 48. Graduating from St Peter’s College, Oxford, in Modern History, Jon is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has worked as a Director of Pricewaterhouse Coopers (1984-2001), and as a Corporate Officer with Charter PLC. Jon went on to become Chief Financial Officer (2001-2002) and then CEO (2003-2009) at ESAB Holdings, before joining Bridon International in October 2009.
John Churchfield - Global Director of Operational Change
Age 48. John gained an education Degree from Leeds University before joining Bridon as a Manufacturing Graduate Trainee. He subsequently ran the major manufacturing facilities within UK, before being appointed General Manager of Crane & Industrial Rope in 1997. Appointed President of Bridon America in 2000, John spent two four-year periods leading Bridon`s US based Distribution and Surface Mining business, whilst continuing to oversee Bridon Group`s international operational development.
Johannes Verwaayen - Group Technical Director
Age 58. Johannes qualified as a mechanical engineer in 1979, joining Thyssen Draht AG wire rope division. When the wire and wire rope business was separated from Thyssen Stahl AG in 1994, he became responsible as Managing Director of the newly established Ltd, which was taken over by Bridon in October 1995. Johannes Verwaayen was appointed Technical Director in August 2004 and has since become a member of the executive team at Bridon.
Steve Hutchinson - Group Finance Director
Age 43. As a CIMA qualified management accountant, Steve obtained a Masters Degree with distinction in Business Administration from Loughborough University in 2008. Steve started with Bridon in 1987 as a trainee; has held various financial positions in Bridon, including Finance Director of Bridon International Ltd (2005-2007). He was appointed Global Finance Director for the Bridon Group in November 2007.
Judith Bainbridge Hamilton - Group Human Resources Director
Aged 43. A graduate in Modern and Medieval Languages from Cambridge University, and an MBA from Durham University, Judith has worked in a wide range of roles in Human Resources for British Rail, Marlow Foods Ltd (Quorn), Anglian Water and AstraZeneca. Her experience spans cultural and contractual change programmes, a business sale and all the classic HR disciplines.
Andrew Dick - Managing Director, Bridon International Ltd
Age 55. Andrew graduated from London University with a degree in modern languages. He has worked in sales and marketing, operations and general management across a wide range of international engineering; his previous involvement with industrial businesses includes Parker Hannifin, Massey Ferguson, Johnson Controls and Dynacast. Most recently he was Divisional Chief Executive at TT electronics plc (2009 – 2011); prior to that he was Chief Executive of 600 Group plc. Andrew joined Bridon in April 2011.
