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Management Team

To learn more about the members of our Board and Executive Committee, select a name from the list below:

Main Board

Executive Committee

  • Mike Turner

    Mike Turner CBE

    Non-Executive Chairman

    Mike Turner was appointed non-executive Chairman of Babcock International Group PLC on 1 November 2008 after retiring from his position as Chief Executive of BAE Systems. He is also Chairman of the Defence Industries Council (DIC), Joint Chairman of the National Defence Industries Council (NDIC) and is a member of the Government's Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network. He is a non-executive Director of Lazard Limited, Art Properties UK Limited and GKN PLC.

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  • Peter Rogers

    Peter Rogers

    Chief Executive

    Peter Rogers joined the Group as Chief Operating Officer on 1 June 2002 and was appointed to the Board on 13 June 2002. On 1 August 2003 he became Group Chief Executive Officer. He is a former Director of Courtaulds PLC and Acordis BV. He is also a non-executive Director of Galliford Try PLC.

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  • Bill Tame

    Bill Tame

    Group Finance Director

    Bill Tame joined the Board as Group Finance Director on 25 January 2002. He is a former Finance Director of Scapa Group PLC and is currently a non-executive Director of Carclo PLC.

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  • Lord Alexander Hesketh

    The Rt. Hon. Lord Alexander Hesketh KBE

    Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

    Lord Hesketh joined the Board on 6 October 1993 becoming non-executive Deputy Chairman on 26 April 1996. He is a Director of a number of other private companies. He was Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 1991 to 1993 and, prior to that, was Industry Minister at the Department of Trade and Industry. He is a member of the Nominations Committee.

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  • John Rennocks

    John Rennocks

    Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee & Senior Non-Executive Director

    Mr Rennocks joined the Board as a non-executive Director on 13 June 2002. He is a former Finance Director of Corus Group PLC and is Chairman of Diploma PLC, Nestor PLC, Intelligent Energy Holdings PLC and Composite Energy Limited. He is a non-executive director of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC, JPMorgan Overseas Investment Trust PLC and Inmarsat PLC. As well as being Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, Mr Rennocks is a member of the company's Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee.

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  • Sir Nigel Essenhigh

    Sir Nigel Essenhigh GCB

    Non-Executive Director

    Sir Nigel Essenhigh joined the Board as a non-executive Director with effect from 4 March 2003 and is a member of the company's Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Until his retirement from the Royal Navy in late 2002 he was First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. He is Chairman of NGC UK Limited, Northrop Grumman Corporation's UK holding company.

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  • Justin Crookenden

    Justin Crookenden

    Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

    Justin Crookenden joined the Board as a non-executive Director with effect from 1 December 2005. As a qualified Chartered Accountant he spent 17 years in investment banking, initially with UBS, moving to Barclays de Zoete Wedd in 1990, which was acquired by Credit Suisse First Boston ('CSFB'). During his career he headed the teams responsible for International Equity Execution and UK M&A and his last role at CSFB was as Managing Director UK Investment Banking. He became Chairman of the company's Remuneration Committee on 1 April 2009 and is also a member of the Audit and Risk and Nominations Committees.

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  • Sir David Omand

    Sir David Omand GCB

    Non-Executive Director

    Sir David joined the Board on 1 April 2009 and is a member of the company's Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. He was the first UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, responsible for the professional health of the intelligence community, national counter-terrorism strategy and ‘homeland security', and was the UK Government's chief crisis manager for civil contingencies. He served for seven years on the Joint Intelligence Committee. He was previously Permanent Secretary of the Home Office, Director of GCHQ (the UK Signals Intelligence and Information Assurance Agency) and Deputy Under Secretary of State for Policy in the Ministry of Defence. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Defence Secretary during the Falklands conflict, and was the UK Defence Counsellor in NATO Brussels for three years. He left Government service in 2005.

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  • Kevin Thomas

    Kevin Thomas

    Divisional Chief Executive, Support Services Division

    Kevin was appointed to the position of Chief Executive, Support Services Division in February 2010. Prior to this, he spent 3 years as Group Business Development Director responsible for strategic planning, bidding processes & techniques and co-ordination of M&A activity. Kevin was Managing Director of Babcock's Infrastructure business unit, winning and then delivering several large contracts for Defence Estates. Prior to joining Babcock, he spent 12 years in facilities management, including seven years with Serco Group PLC and 15 years in local government with Merton, Surrey and Southwark Councils. Kevin is a past Chairman of the Business Services Association, a prominent support services trade association.

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  • Archie Bethel CBE

    Archie Bethel CBE

    Divisional Chief Executive, Marine Division

    Archie Bethel joined Babcock in January 2004 and was appointed Chief Executive of Marine on its formation in mid June 2007. Babcock is the country's leading Naval Warship and Submarine engineering business and employs over 8,000 people at locations around the UK including Devonport, Clyde (Faslane), Rosyth and Bristol. The company also provides engineering support services to the navies of Canada and Australia. Archie is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and a graduate of the University of Strathclyde (BSc,MBA) and in 2003 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).

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  • Archie Bethel CBE

    John Davies

    Divisional Chief Executive, Defence and Security Division

    A qualified solicitor, John has worked in the defence industry since joining BAE Systems in 1990. During his time at BAE, he was involved in the upgrade of the Harrier GR5 and in bidding international projects. In 1993 John joined Bombardier and was subsequently appointed Commercial Director for Bombardier Defence securing several major MoD outsourcing projects including the Royal Air Force’s Pathfinder PFI Project.

    Following the acquisition of Bombardier Defence by VT Group in 2000, John was appointed Managing Director of VT Aerospace. In 2006 John was appointed MD of VT Support Services and also appointed to the VT Group Executive Committee. In 2009 John was appointed Group Managing Director with specific responsibility for Defence.

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  • Kevin Goodman

    Kevin Goodman

    Group Director of Organisation & Development

    Kevin Goodman joined Babcock in 2001. In his present role he is responsible for Talent Management, Executive Development and Diversity. Kevin is also a Trustee of all three of Babcock's large pension schemes. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development and holds an MA in Strategic Human Resource Management.

    Prior to joining Babcock, Kevin held both operational management positions and senior HR roles within the defence, aviation and financial services sectors in the UK and internationally.

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  • Albert Dungate

    Albert Dungate

    General Counsel & Company Secretary

    Albert Dungate was appointed as Group Company Secretary and General Counsel on 1 February 2002. A solicitor, he was formerly General Counsel and Company Secretary of Arjo Wiggins Appleton PLC. He is Secretary to the company's Audit and Risk, Remuneration and Nominations Committees.

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