The following may be contacted as part of verifying my record.
The picture that should emerge is that of a tenacious and energetic team player, a good communicator, someone who is calm (outwardly) in a crisis, fearlessly objective and independent, with good judgement and boardroom presence.

Chloride Group PLC - 020 7881 1440

Norman Broadhurst, Chairman
Keith Hodgkinson, CEO
Neil Warner, Finance Director

Wembley plc

Claes Hultman, Chairman
Mark Elliott, CEO
Peter Harris, Non-executive Director
Neil Chisman, Non-executive Director
Bob Liguori, Non-executive Director
Paul Bales, Managing Partner, Hawkpoint, advisers to Wembley

Deloitte & Touche LLP - 0207936 3000

John Connolly, Senior Partner & Chief Executive
Martin Scicluna, Former Chairman
Martin Eadon, Managing Director, Clients
Vince Niblett, Managing Director, Audit & Assurance
Aidan Birkett, Head of Corporate Finance & Reorganisation Services

Amey plc - 01865 713 137

Sir Ian Robinson, Former Chairman, Amey
Mel Ewell, CEO, Amey
Lord (John) Patten, Adviser to Charterhouse; former NED, Amey
Paul Baines, Managing Partner, Hawkpoint, advisers to Amey
Peter Collini, Managing Director, Riverhill Corporate Finance; former Managing Director, Deutsche Bank, adviser to Amey

Railtrack

Sir Robert Horton, former Chairman, Railtrack
Steve Marshall, former CEO and Finance Director, Railtrack
David Harding, former CEO and Finance Director, Railtrack Group
Geoffrey Howe, former Chairman, Railtrack Group
Norman Broadhurst, Chairman, Chloride Group; former Finance Director, Railtrack; and former NED, Taylor Woodrow
Jonathan Bloomer, former CEO, Prudential; former NED, Railtrack
Vic Cocker, Chairman Aga Food Services; former NED, Railtrack
Christopher Jonas, former NED, Railtrack

Others

Dr John Buchanan, NED Vodaphone, Smithkline et al and former Financial Officer BP and Chairman UK Friends of Aukland University
Dr Chris Gibson Smith, Chairman, The London Stock Exchange; Chairman, NATS
Sir Roy McNulty, former Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority and NATS
Nigel Fotherby, Finance Director, NATS
Ms Chris Jesnick, Chief Financial Officer, Civil Aviation Authority
Dr Robert Hawley, former Chairman, Taylor Woodrow
Keith Egerton, former CEO, Taylor Woodrow
Sir George Russell, NED, ITV; former NED, Taylor Woodrow
Michael Blackburn, former NED, Chubb Security; former senior partner, Touche Ross & Co
Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, Provost, Kings College in Cambridge and Chair, The Royal Opera House
Sir Christopher Wates, former Chairman Wates Group and Chairman Goodenough College Advisory Council
Peter Butler, Chief Executive, Governance for Owners LLP
Michelle Templer, NZ Trade Commissioner for UK Phil Norman, Chairman, Xwero Live Ltd.
Andrew Ritchie, Director, Goodenough College