Justin Richard Read (born May 1961) [1] is an English businessman particularly associated with the financial management of construction and property-related companies.
Read studied modern history at the University of Oxford, graduating in 1983, and has an MBA from INSEAD (1990).
Read worked for businesses including Euro Disney, Bankers Trust [2] and Hanson plc (during 13 years at Hanson he served as deputy FD, MD of Continental Europe, head of risk management and group treasurer), [3] and has been a director of companies including: [1] [4]
In December 2017 he was appointed as a non-executive director to succeed one-time Hanson colleague Andrew Dougal as chair of the audit committee of Carillion, [2] six weeks before it went into liquidation. [9]