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47, chief executive, Process Gas Solutions since January 2003.
Appointed to the executive management board in June 2000.
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50, group legal director and company secretary since May 2001.
Appointed to the executive management board in May 2001. He has over 17 years in-house counsel experience, including Schlumberger SEMA and Axa PPP Healthcare, specialising in corporate and commercial law. He has a degree in law from Guildhall University, an MBA from Cranfield University and qualified as a solicitor in 1980.
53, group director, corporate relations since February 1999.
Appointed to the executive management board in October 1999. He joined BOC in 1990 as director of marketing services for the UK gases business and has held various communications roles in the Group. He has an MA in geography from Oxford University and an MBA from Cranfield University.
44, group director, information management since February 1998.
Appointed to the executive management board in October 1999. He joined BOC in 1986. He has held information technology roles in the Group's businesses in South Africa, the UK and most recently as information management director for the Group's businesses in Asia/Pacific.
62, chief executive since May 2000.
Appointed to the executive management board in July 1996.
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47, group human resources director since June 2000.
Appointed to the executive management board in June 2000. He joined BOC in Australia in 1996 and most recently was human resources director for Asia/Pacific. Since October 2003 he has been a non-executive director of Michael Page International PLC. He has a bachelor of business degree in personnel management.
43, president, Process Gas Solutions, north America, since July 2001.
Appointed to the executive management board in December 2002. He joined BOC in 1985 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, marketing and general management, most recently, president, BOC Process Plants. He holds an engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from New York University.
47, group finance director since June 2000.
Appointed to the executive management board in June 2000.
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47, group director, business development since January 2004.
Appointed to the executive management board in January 2004. He joined BOC in February 1988 and held senior financial roles in the UK and US before moving into general management, most recently as managing director, Industrial and Special Products, East Asia. Before joining BOC he worked for Total Oil and Merck. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
51, chief executive, BOC Edwards since June 1998.
Appointed to the executive management board in July 1996.
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49, chief executive, Industrial and Special Products since June 2001.
Appointed to the executive management board in June 2000.
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