Profile of Company Directors
Name: Ric Traynor
Age: 49
Date Appointed: 05 May 2004
Ric qualified with Arthur Andersen in 1984 and founded Begbies Traynor in 1989. Ric specialises in practice management and has considerable experience in financial turnaround and dispute resolution within professional practices.
Ric's specialisms are Construction, the Motor Trade and Professional Services.
Chief Operating Officer
Name: Andrew Dick
Age: 43
Date Appointed: 24 September 2004
Andrew was one of the original four when Traynor and Partners was formed in 1989, later to become Begbies Traynor. He is responsible for leading the insolvency services for the practice nationally. He deals with all aspects of insolvency with particular emphasis on the leisure industry together with high profile bankruptcy appointments.
Andrew's specialisms are Sports, Transport and Leisure.
Chief Financial Officer
Name: John Gittins
Age:47
Date Appointed: October 2007
John is a graduate of the London School of Economics and a Chartered Accountant. He has over 14 years of experience as finance director within fast growth support services companies , firstly with Spring Group plc, the IT services company, and more latterly with Vertex Data Science Limited, the business process outsourcer. He was formally appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Begbies Traynor Group plc in October 2007.
Corporate Development Director
Name: Graham McInnes
Age: 56
Date Appointed: 24 September 2004
Graham graduated in physics and chemistry before becoming a Chartered Accountant with Spicer and Pegler (now part of Deloitte), where he was a partner specializing in corporate finance. Graham set up his own corporate finance boutique in 1990, which he left to join Enterprise plc from 2000 to 2003, taking that AIM listed business through a period of rapid and successful growth. Graham Joined Begbies Traynor Group plc as Group Finance Director in 2004 to assist the board in taking the group to AIM and progress its growth plans.
Executive Director
Name: Geoff Hill
Age: 60
Date Appointed: 25 September 2006
Geoff is a Chartered Accountant with many years experience in professional practice. He was senior partner at a large independent practice in Leeds and led the merger with a top 15 UK accountancy practice, playing a key role in the integration programme and becoming a main board member of the merged group. Geoff currently leads the specialist tax and forensic teams.
Non-Executive Director
Name: John May
Age: 53
Appointed an executive director of Caledonia in 2003, he worked for the Hambros Group for over 20 years until 1999, where he was an executive director of Hambros Bank and joint managing director of Hambro Countrywide. He then ran his own private equity investment and consultancy business. He is a non-executive director of British Empire Securities, Kingdom Holdings, Oval, Rathbone Brothers and Satellite Information Services.
