Board of Directors

Nicky Hartery was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 October 2020 and as Chair of the Board and Chair of the Nominations Committee on 1 December 2020.

Skills and qualifications

Nicky is a Chartered Engineer with an electrical engineering degree from University College Cork and an MBA from University of Galway. He has extensive operational and general management experience gained in international manufacturing companies, which he later leveraged to setup a Lean Six Sigma business transformation consultancy, Prodigium. He has strong experience of North American markets, both as an Executive and Non-executive director.

Relevant past experience

From 2012 to 2019, Nicky was the Chair of CRH plc, the global building materials FTSE 100 company, and has also been a Non-executive director of Eircom Ltd. Nicky spent his executive career at General Electric, Verbatim / Eastman Kodak and Dell Inc, including being based in the US for ten years.

External appointments

Nicky is currently Chair of the Musgrave Group, a Non-executive director of Finning International Inc and Chair of Horse Racing Ireland.

Appointment to the Board

Rutger Helbing joined Tyman on 2 January 2024 as Chief Executive Officer

Skills and qualifications

Rutger holds a MA in Economics & Business from Erasmus University, the Netherlands.

Relevant past experience

Rutger was formerly Chief Executive of Devro plc between January 2018 and April 2023, having originally joined as Group Finance Director in 2016. He spent his earlier career in commercial divisional finance roles in blue chip global manufacturing businesses including at Unilever, ICI and AkzoNobel. As a Dutch national, Rutger has lived and worked in the UK for almost 20 years.

External appointments

None

Date of appointment

Jason joined Tyman on 29 April 2019 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer on 9 May 2019.

Skills and qualifications

Jason is a Chartered Accountant and has a degree in Economics from the University of Manchester. His career in international manufacturing-based businesses includes significant experience of commercial finance, M&A, investor relations and tax and treasury functions.

Relevant past experience

Jason was formerly Interim Group Chief Financial Officer of Nomad Foods Limited, the UK-headquartered, NYSE-listed frozen foods group. Prior to this, he was Group Finance Director for the Iglo Group, leading the business through its €2.6bn acquisition by Nomad Foods and subsequent €0.7bn acquisition of the Findus Group. Jason has also held senior finance and commercial positions with Mondalez (Kraft), Plum Baby and Cadbury plc, based variously in the UK, Belgium, Poland, Russia and Turkey. His early career included roles with Diageo plc, Tetley Group and KPMG.

External appointments

None.

Date of appointment

Margaret Amos was appointed to the Board on 19 June 2023 as a Non-executive Director.  She was appointed Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee from 21 July 2023, and she is a member of each of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.

Skills and qualifications

Margaret is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, and she holds a Doctorate in Professional Practice from the University of Derby and a Masters in Global Supply Chain Management (with distinction) from the University of Nottingham.

Relevant past experience

Margaret's career began at Rolls-Royce plc in 1990, where she gained extensive financial and commercial experience as Senior Finance Business Partner, Aerospace (from 2013 to 2015) and Finance Director, Corporate, IT and Engineering (from 2015 to 2017).

Margaret has also chaired the Audit Committees of Velocity Composites plc, the Southern Derbyshire and Erewash NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, and Derbyshire Health United. She has also served NMCN plc as a Non-executive Director and Chair of its Remuneration Committee.

External appointments

Margaret serves as a non-executive director of Volution Group plc (where she is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees). Margaret is Chair of the Audit Committee of Pod Point Group Holdings plc (where she is also Chair of its ESG Committee), the Ombudsman Service and Trinity House.

Date of appointment

Pamela Bingham was appointed to the Board in January 2018 as a Non-Executive Director. She is the Non-Executive Director responsible for employee engagement across the Group.

Skills and qualifications

Pamela has a law degree from the University of Edinburgh and holds an MBA from Warwick Business School. She practised as a solicitor before moving into general management. Pamela has a proven track record as a commercial leader, focusing on strategic direction and leading cross-cultural teams to deliver growth and business expansion. She has worked in the building products, engineering, mining, renewable energy and oil and gas sectors.

Relevant past experience

Pamela was most recently Managing Director, Infrastructure Products Group, Europe & Australia, at CRH and before this she was Managing Director of Weir Minerals Europe.  She previously held senior management roles with Rotork plc, David Brown Group Ltd and CSE-Servelec Ltd. Her early career was spent as an in-house counsel for English Welsh and Scottish Railway Ltd and for the Yorkshire Building Society.

External appointments

Pamela is currently Chief Executive of Glen Dimplex’s Heating and Ventilation Division.

Date of appointment

David Randich was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 15 December 2021 and is a member of the Nominations, Audit & Risk and the Remuneration Committees.

Skills and qualifications

Dave brings extensive experience of the North American building products market to the Tyman Board.

He holds a BS in Industrial Management from Purdue University and an MBA from Mercer University.

Relevant past experience

At Fortune Brands, Dave was President of the Masterbrand Cabinets business for seven years and President of the Therma-Tru Doors business for five years. Prior to Fortune Brands, Dave held an international career with Armstrong World Industries, with roles in China, the UK, Germany and the US. Dave has also been a non-executive director of Springs Window Fashions.

External Appointments

Dave lectures at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management.

Date of appointment

Paul Withers was appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director in February 2020 and as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Senior Independent Director from April 2020.

Skills and qualifications

Paul qualified as a Mechanical Engineer, is a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School and holds an MA in Mathematic from Cambridge University and a DPhil in Mathematics from Oxford University.  He has extensive experience in international manufacturing businesses and, in particular, strong knowledge of US markets, both as an Executive and Non-executive director. 

Relevant past experience

Paul's executive career was spent at BPB plc, the international building materials business where he was Group Managing Director.

Paul is a former Non-Executive Director of Premier Farnell plc, Hyder Consulting plc, Devro plc and Keller Group plc. He held the roles of Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee in each of these.

External Appointments

None.