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Smiths Group PLC

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 55

  1. Clare Scherrer 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Paul Keel 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Karin Annette Hoeing-Cosentino 2020-2025 Director View profile
  4. Olivier Jean Bohuon 2018-2020 Director View profile
  5. John Francis Shipsey 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Noel Naval Tata 2017-2025 Director View profile
  7. Mark Donald Seligman 2016-2025 Director View profile
  8. Andrew Reynolds Smith 2015-2021 Director View profile
  9. Christopher Michael O'Shea 2015-2017 Director View profile
  10. William Claire Seeger Jr. 2014-2024 Director View profile
  11. Sir George William Buckley 2013-2023 Director View profile
  12. Tanya Dianne Fratto 2012-2022 Director View profile
  13. Bruno Francois Jules Angelici 2010-2020 Director View profile
  14. Peter Andrew Turner 2010-2015 Director View profile
  15. Anne Cecille Quinn 2009-2018 Director View profile
  16. Philip Bowman 2007-2015 Director View profile
  17. Peter Loescher 2007-2008 Director View profile
  18. Stuart John Chambers 2006-2012 Director View profile
  19. Sir Kevin Reginald Tebbit 2006-2018 Director View profile
  20. David John Challen 2004-2015 Director View profile
  21. Donald Hood Brydon 2004-2013 Director View profile
  22. Rt Hon Lord George Islay Macneil Robertson 2004-2006 Director View profile
  23. Peter John Jackson 2003-2009 Director View profile
  24. Sir Colin Michael Chandler 2000-2004 Director View profile
  25. Sir Nigel Broomfield 2000-2007 Director View profile
  26. John Langston 2000-2010 Director View profile
  27. John Mulock Hignett 2000-2002 Director View profile
  28. John Ferrie 2000-2007 Director View profile
  29. Sir Julian Michael Horn-Smith 2000-2006 Director View profile
  30. Lawrence Kinet 2000-2005 Director View profile
  31. Peter Thomas Hollins 1999-2000 Director View profile
  32. Robert White O'Leary 1997-2006 Director View profile
  33. Keith Oliver Butler Wheelhouse 1996-2007 Director View profile
  34. Einar Lindh 1996-2005 Director View profile
  35. Alan Matthew Thomson 1995-2006 Director View profile
  36. Roger Frank Leverton 1994-2000 Director View profile
  37. Alan Ind Harvey Pink 1993-2000 Director View profile
  38. Sir Francis Roger Hurn 1998 Director View profile
  39. Sir Peter Anthony Thompson 1998 Director View profile
  40. Norman Victor Barber 2000 Director View profile
  41. Sir Alexander Anthony Jarratt 1996 Director View profile
  42. Sir James Arnot Hamilton 1993 Director View profile
  43. George Macdonald Kennedy 2000 Director View profile
  44. Keith Orrell-Jones 2004 Director View profile
  45. John David Richard Lyon 1994 Director View profile
  46. Ronald Williams 1996 Director View profile
  47. Christopher Taylor 1995 Director View profile
  48. Matthew Whyte 2021-2026 Secretary View profile
  49. John Michael Mills 2018-2021 Secretary View profile
  50. Melanie Rowlands 2015-2018 Secretary View profile
  51. Zillah Wendy Stone 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  52. Melanie Rowlands 2014-2014 Secretary View profile
  53. Sarah Louise Cameron 2008-2014 Secretary View profile
  54. David Peter Lillycrop 2000-2008 Secretary View profile
  55. Alan Smith 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
15/07/1914
Registered office
London

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Smiths Group PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

47 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

8 directors on the board

3.5y median 2.6y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

1
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 16Dormant 8Agriculture 1Finance 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00137013
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/01/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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