The Board

Board of Directors

  1. George Materna
    Non-Executive Chairman (Chairman - Nominations Committee)

    George Materna, aged 57, has 30 years experience of the recruitment industry, and is the founder of Matchtech, having founded Matchmaker Personnel in 1984 and Matchtech Engineering in 1990 before combining the two businesses in 2002 to form Matchtech Group plc.

  2. Adrian Gunn
    Chief Executive Officer

    Adrian Gunn, aged 45, joined Matchtech in 1988 as a recruitment consultant and was appointed a divisional director in 1998. He was appointed to the Board in 2004 as Business Development Director and Group Sales Director in 2005. Adrian took over as Chief Executive Officer on 1 February 2007 and heads the Executive Team. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

  3. Tony Dyer
    Chief Financial Officer

    Tony Dyer, aged 40, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. After qualifying in 1995 he joined Matchtech in 1996. Following a period as management accountant and financial controller, he was appointed to the Board in 2004.

  4. Andy White
    Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

    Andy White, aged 53 is a chartered engineer, a fellow of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects and a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He formed Matchtech Engineering with George Materna in 1990 having previously had a number of years experience in the marine sector.

  5. Ric Piper
    Non-Executive Director (Chairman - Audit Committee)

    Ric Piper, aged 58, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1977. He held senior finance roles in ICI, Citicorp and Logica, becoming Finance Director of Logica (UK) in 1990. He was Group Finance Director of WS Atkins from 1993 to 2002. Since 2003 he has been involved at board level and has advised on the growth and development of several companies. He is on the board of two other AIM listed companies, Turbo Power Systems and Water Intelligence. Ric is a Partner at Restoration Partners and a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel. He has been a member of the Matchtech board since 2006.

  6. Stephen Burke
    Non-Executive Director (Chairman - Remuneration Committee)

    Stephen Burke, aged 49, has over 25 years experience in the recruitment industry having joined Michael Page in 1981 after graduating from Durham University. He was appointed as a Director of Michael Page International in 1988 with responsibility for development of overseas businesses in the Netherlands and Germany. He returned to the UK in 1996 and held two divisional Managing Director roles before being appointed Managing Director of Michael Page in the UK and a Director of Michael Page International plc in 2001 until 2005. He has been a member of the Matchtech board since 2006.