Business Direct: New Board Appointments

Richard Martin has been appointed Managing Director of In-Night Division.

Richard joined Business Direct in April 2007 as General Manager / Director of the In-Night Division. Immediately prior to this, Richard was at Parcelnet, the UK’s largest national courier home delivery specialist, from October 2003 as General Manager; at Exel Logistics, from April 2002 to October 2003 as Commercial Manager; and at Christian Salvesen, from May 1994 to April 2002, latterly as Network Transport Director.

Richard Hunt CBE has been appointed as Senior Non-executive Director.

Richard has wide experience in the logistics industry. He was at The Go-Ahead Group from April 2002 to October 2005 as Chief Executive of its Aviation Division and Aviance Limited; at NFC, then the largest UK transport and logistics business, from April 1995 to December 1999 as Executive Director Operations – UK and Ireland and Chief Executive – Exel Logistics Europe; and at Brown & Tawse from March 1993 to April 1995 as Logistics Director, on the main Board of this fully listed company.

Richard was a non-executive Advisor/Director of the Department of Transport’s Highways Agency Advisory Board from 2000 until 2005; is International President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, having been its UK Chairman from 1998 to 2001 and UK President from 2001 to 2004; and was appointed CBE in 2004 for services to logistics and transport.

Composition of the Board:

Following Richard Martin’s and Richard Hunt’s appointments, Business Direct’s Board comprises eight Directors: five executive Directors – Paul Carvell (CEO), Martin Wright (CFO), Tim Houstoun, Richard Martin and Martyn Wilson – and three independent non-executive Directors – Russell Hodgson (Chairman), Richard Hunt and Graham Norfolk.