Board of Directors
| Robert Goddard Robert Goddard joined the board as Non-Executive Chairman in January 2008. A chartered engineer, Robert was on the executive board of Burmah Castrol plc until March 2000 and previously managed its worldwide fuels business and a substantial part of its chemicals business. He subsequently joined Amberley Group PLC in November 2000 where he was Chief Executive responsible for turning round its four speciality chemical subsidiaries. More recently he has undertaken a number of advisory and turnaround assignments. He is also Chairman of AIM quoted Universe Group plc. |
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Peter Neil Davenport Peter Davenport was appointed Finance Director and a board director of Hardide plc in March 2006. He joined Hardide in June 2005 as Financial Controller bringing ten years financial management experience. Previously he was Financial Controller at the UK subsidiary of NYSE-listed global coatings company Valspar Corporation. Peter is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. |
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Dr Yuri Nikolaevich Zhuk Dr Yuri Zhuk is a co-founder of Hardide plc and is currently responsible for the company’s technology, R&D, patenting, production improvement and applications development programmes. Dr Zhuk started his career as a scientist and later became a technology entrepreneur gaining over 20 years of successful international technology business experience. He holds an MSc (with Distinction) in Physics and a PhD degree in Plasma Physics and Chemistry from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and an MBA from the UK Open University. He is the author of several patents and scientific and technical publications, and has presented Hardide at leading international conferences. |
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William Yale Zakroff William Zakroff joined the board of Hardide plc in June 2007. Based in Houston, Texas, he is a co-founder and Executive Director in several ventures including DeepDriver LLC and Smart OES LLC. Mr Zakroff also continues to provide international business development and general management consulting services under Zakroff Group LP and is on the advisory board of Ingenero Inc. Prior to founding Zakroff Group in 1984, he held various management positions within the advanced materials group of the General Electric Company (US) which included the world’s largest manufacturer of tungsten carbide and diamond materials used in oilfield and mining equipment. “Zak” chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. |
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Bruce Robinson Bruce Robinson joined the board of Hardide in February 2011. He brings extensive experience of the international oil and gas industry and growing technology-based businesses. He spent his early career as an engineer with oil services firms GeoVANN Inc. and Halliburton then as a founder shareholder and General Manager of Phoenix Petroleum Services, prior to its sale to Schlumberger. He spent five years as a Director and Consultant to Scottish Enterprise Energy Group. He has since started, run and assisted a wide range of innovative companies developing and exploiting technologies in various industry sectors. Bruce chairs the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. |