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 – May 2003)[3]
- Speedy Hire (finance director, April 2008 – August 2011)[5]
- Segro plc (finance director, August 2011 – 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
edit- ^ a b "Justin Richard READ". Companies House. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b Price, David (1 December 2017). "Carillion appoints new non-executive director". Construction News. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b Singh, Rachel (18 May 2011). "New CFO for property business Segro". Accountancy Age. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Board of directors". Ibstock plc. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Speedy Hire names Justin Read as financial director". Finance and Stock Market News. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Unsted, Sam (14 April 2016). "SEGRO Finance Director Justin Read To Retire Later In 2016". Morningstar. Alliance News. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "BRIEF-Ibstock names Segro finance director Justin Read to board". Reuters. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Ford, Coreena (4 January 2017). "Former CEO of Barratt Developments named as new Grainger Plc chairman". Newcastle Chronicle. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "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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