Peter Kenneth Hems
Non-Executive Chairman
Appointed: 01/04/2007
Chartered Accountant(22/02/1949)
Nationality: British
Qualified as a chartered accountant in 1973, and appointed as an audit and business advisory partner with Grant Thornton in 1979, resigned in March 2007 to take up appointment as Executive Chairman of Billington Holdings Plc.
Stephen George Thomas Fareham
Chief Executive
Appointed: 24/10/2006
Chartered Structural Engineer(17/08/1950)
Nationality: British
BSc(Hons) MSc CENG FIStructE MIET CMIOSH.
Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner.
Former President of The British Constructional Steelwork Association BCSA.
Founder member of the Edge Protection Federation EPF. Managing Director of Billington Structures Limited, the principal structure steel construction subsidiary since 1991.
Trevor Michael Taylor
Finance Director
Appointed: 31/10/2011
Chartered Accountant(15/07/1981)
Nationality: British
Trevor is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and joined Billingtons in 2008 as Financial Controller from Allotts Chartered Accountants where he specialised in Construction and Financial Services.
John Stuart Gordon
Non Executive Director
Appointed: 01/04/2007
Barrister and Solicitor(14/06/1966)
Nationality: British
John practised as a barrister from 1989 until 1999 when he re-qualified as a solicitor. John is in private practice as a partner in Nicholson Davis, specialising in commercial and property litigation. He was appointed to the board in 2007, and his legal-commercial background makes him a valuable member of the team.
Doctor Alexander Ospelt
Non- Executive Director
Appointed: 01/01/2013
Nationality: Liechensteiner
Non-Executive Director - Dr. Alexander Ospelt has been in independent practice as a lawyer since 1997. In 1993 he worked as a staff member of Liechtenstein's Permanent Representation at the United Nations (UN) in New York. From 1994 until establishing his chambers in 1997 he practised at the Princely Court of Justice and in a reputated law firm in Liechtenstein. From 1987 to 1993 he studied at the Faculty of Law at St. Gallen University, Switzerland and went on to take a degree in European Law at ULB in Brussels, Belgium, Dr. Alexander Ospelt passed the Liechtenstein Bar Examination in 1997 and gained a Doctorate in Law from St. Gallen University, Switzerland in 1999.