01.05.2019

New director for Ashtead

Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt Rentals in North America and A-Plant in the UK has appointed Lindsley Ruth as a non executive director. He has also been appointed as a member of the audit, remuneration and nomination committees.

Ruth has been chief executive of Electrocomponents since April 2015. Prior to that he was executive vice president of the Future Electronics Group and has held senior positions with TTI and Solectron Corporation.
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Lindsey Ruth

At the same time Brendan Horgan officially succeeds Geoff Drabble as chief executive today. Drabble has stepped down from the board and will retire from the group at the end of November. See Horgan to succeed Drabble at Ashtead

Chairman Paul Walker said: "On behalf of the group I would again like to extend my thanks to Geoff for his tremendous service over the past 12 years. I am also very pleased to welcome Lindsley to the board of Ashtead. He brings with him relevant knowledge of the end markets that we operate in and his experience will further add to the strength, depth and effectiveness of the Ashtead board".