Board of directors

Chairman

Eugene Murtagh

Age: 68

is the founder and Non-executive Chairman of the Group

Executives

Gene M. Murtagh

Age: 39

is the Chief Executive Officer, having previously been Chief Operating Officer from 2003 through 2004. Prior to that he was Managing Director of the Group's Insulated Panel business and of the Environmental business. He joined the Group in 1993.

Geoff Doherty

Age: 39

joined Kingspan as CFO in January 2011. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (B.Comm FCA). Geoff was previously the Chief Financial Officer of Greencore Group Plc.

Peter Wilson

Age: 54

is Managing Director of the Group's Insulation business and has worked for the Group for twenty three years.

Russell Shiels

Age: 49

is responsible for the Group's Access Floors and Insulated Panels businesses in North America. He was previously Managing Director of the Group's Building Components and Raised Access Floors businesses in the UK. He joined the Group in 1996.

Noel Crowe

Age: 52

is Managing Director of the Group's Environmental & Renewables division. He joined the Group in 2001, having previously held a number of senior management positions in the ABB Group.

Secretary

Lorcan Dowd

Age: 42

was appointed Group Company Secretary in 2005. He is a qualified solicitor since 1992.

Non-Executive directors

Tony McArdle

Age: 62

Joined the Board in 2003. He was previously a Director of Ulster Bank where he had been Head of Corporate Banking and Chief Executive of Retail Banking as well as holding a number of other senior positions. He is a Non-executive Director of several large private companies.

David Byrne

Age: 63

was appointed to the Board in January 2005. He served as EU Commissioner with responsibility for Health and Consumer Protection from 1999 to 2004. Prior to becoming EU Commissioner, he served as Attorney General for two years. Currently he is a Non-executive Director of Irish Life plc., Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the National Treasury Management Agency and of the Board of the National Concert Hall, and Chancellor of Dublin City University.

Brian Hill

Age: 66

joined the Board in 2005. He was formerly a Director of CRH Plc where he was Head of the Europe Products & Distribution division. He is also a Non-executive Director of Wavin NV.

Helen Kirkpatrick

Age: 53

joined the Board in 2007. She is also a Non-executive Director of UTV plc and of a number of private and not for profit companies, and was formerly a Non-executive Director of the International Fund for Ireland, Enterprise Equity and NI CO Ltd.

She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Danny Kitchen

Age: 58

rejoined the Board in March 2009, having previously been a director of Kingspan from 1994 to 2003. He is also appointed by the Irish Stock Exchange as its nominated Director on the Irish Takeover Panel, and is a Non-Executive Director of the Irish Nationwide Building Society since October 2008. Previously, he held a number of senior executive positions including as director of IBI Corporate Finance, Finance Director of Green Property Plc. and Deputy CEO of Heron International Limited.

Corporate governance