Alan Lovell

Last updated

Alan Lovell

DL
Alan Lovell.jpg
Born
Alan Charles Lovell

(1953-11-19) 19 November 1953 (age 70)
NationalityBritish
Education Winchester College
Alma mater University of Oxford
OccupationBusinessman
TitleFormer CEO, Costain, Jarvis plc, Dunlop Slazenger and Infinis
Board member ofSafestyle, SIG, Amey, Interserve
SpouseVirginia Weatherill
Children3
Relatives Bernard Weatherill (father-in-law)

Alan Charles Lovell DL (born 19 November 1953) [1] [2] is a British businessman, formerly chief executive of the British construction company Costain, [3] [4] and currently chairman of the Environment Agency.

Contents

Early life

Lovell is the son of a farmer, and was educated at Winchester College, followed by a degree in classics from the University of Oxford. [1]

Career

He trained as an accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1976 to 1980, where he was seconded to the City merchant bank Kleinwort Benson, and then worked for the electronics company Plessey from 1980 to 1989. [1]

In 1989, Lovell joined Conder Group as finance director, rising to CEO, when it collapsed in September 1992. [5] He was finance director of Costain from 1992 to 1995, and its CEO from 1995 to 1997, [5] after which he was FD and CEO of Dunlop Slazenger, and then CEO of Jarvis plc. [5] In July 2006, he was appointed as CEO of Infinis, which then claimed to be the UK's largest independent solely renewable power company. [1]

In November 2017, Lovell joined Carillion as a non-executive director, and was described as a "veteran turnaround specialist", a "turnaround expert" and a "company doctor". [4] [5] [6] Carillion went into liquidation in January 2018. [7]

In July 2019, Lovell was appointed chairman of the financially troubled Interserve group. [8] [9]

Lovell is chairman of Safestyle plc and the Association of Lloyd's Members. [4] He is a non-executive director and senior independent director of SIG plc. [10] In 2022, he became chairman of the Environment Agency. [11]

Lovell is a deputy lieutenant of Hampshire, chairman of the Mary Rose Trust, former chairman of the board of governors of Winchester University and is a Lay Canon and member of Chapter at Winchester Cathedral. [5]

Personal life

He is married to Virginia Weatherill (born 1955), daughter of the former House of Commons speaker Bernard Weatherill, and they have three daughters. [1]

Lovell has a longstanding interest in tennis, real tennis and rackets from his schooldays, and was head of the UK's real tennis association in Britain for 13 years. [1]

Related Research Articles

The Clugston Group was a privately owned business involved in construction and civil engineering, property development and logistics. The group was based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire in England. On 5 December 2019, the group and its construction businesses filed for administration, with debts of £64m.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carillion</span> British construction company, 1999–2018

Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interserve</span>

Interserve is a British construction and support services business based in Reading, Berkshire, which went into administration in 2019 and which is expected to be wound up in 2024. At that time, the group generated revenue of £2.2 billion and had a workforce of 34,721 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SIG plc</span> British company

SIG plc is a British-based international supplier of insulation, roofing, commercial interiors and specialist construction products. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell</span>

Norman Roy Blackwell, Baron Blackwell is a British former businessman, public servant, Conservative politician, campaigner and policy advisor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Armitt</span>

Sir John Alexander Armitt is an English civil engineer, and current chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kier Group</span> British construction, services and property group

Kier Group plc is a British construction, services and property group active in building and civil engineering, support services, and the Private Finance Initiative.

Countryside Partnerships plc, formerly Countryside Properties plc, is a UK housebuilding and urban regeneration company, operating mainly in London and the South East of England, but with a presence in the North West of England. Until 2022, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Keith Robertson Cochrane is a Scottish businessman and former chief executive (CEO) of Weir Group, Stagecoach Group and Carillion plc (interim). In March 2019, he was appointed CEO of Schenck Process.

Philip Nevill Green CBE is a British business executive. He was chairman of Carillion from May 2014 until Carillion entered compulsory liquidation in January 2018. Green was chairman of BakerCorp from June 2011 until December 2017.

Richard John Howson is a British businessman, and the former chief executive (CEO) of Carillion, a British multinational facilities management and construction services company that went into liquidation in January 2018. Howson's "misguided self-assurance" was said to have contributed to the company's collapse. In October 2023, Howson was disqualified from being a director of a company for eight years for his conduct as a director of Carillion.

Andrew Oswell Bede Davies is a British businessman, and CEO of Kier Group.

Alison Jane Horner is a British businesswoman, and, until it was sold in 2020, was the CEO of the Asian arm of the Tesco supermarket chain.

Justin Richard Read is an English businessman particularly associated with the financial management of construction and property-related companies.

Andrew James Harrower Dougal is a British businessman particularly associated with the financial and general management of industrial companies.

John McDonough was a British businessman who was CEO of Carillion from January 2001 to December 2011.

Richard Adam is an English chartered accountant and businessman particularly associated with the financial management of media, construction and property-related companies. He was a board director of construction and services business Carillion from April 2007 to December 2016. After the company went into liquidation in January 2018, Adam was criticised by a Parliamentary select committees report, and the Financial Reporting Council and other regulators started investigations into his conduct. In July 2023, Adam was disqualified from acting as a director of a company for 12.5 years.

Ceri Michele Powell is a Welsh geologist and businesswoman who worked for Royal Dutch Shell from 1990 to 2020.

Sir Neville Ian Simms is a British businessman and civil engineer who was CEO of Tarmac plc from 1992 to 1999.

Tilbury Douglas is a British construction business with its head office in London.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Macalister, Terry (6 September 2007). "The Friday interview: Alan Lovell". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Alan Charles LOVELL - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Carillion collapse: The key personnel at the firm" . Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "Former Jarvis chief joins Carillion board - Construction Enquirer". www.constructionenquirer.com. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Troubled Carillion calls in Costain saviour". www.theconstructionindex.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Ltd, Insider Media. "Carillion hires company turnaround expert" . Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Carillion to go into liquidation". BBC News. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  8. ↑ Gross, Anna (12 July 2019). "Interserve appoints turnround specialist Alan Lovell as chairman". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Prior, Grant (12 July 2019). "Interserve appoints Alan Lovell as new chairman". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  10. ↑ Price, David (4 July 2018). "Ex-Costain and Tarmac CEOs join SIG board". Construction News. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  11. ↑ Ex officio Defra board member and Chair Alan Lovell


Nuvola apps kchart.svg

This United Kingdom business-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.