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Hays PLC

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

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Previous officers 46

  1. Dirk Hahn 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Andrew David Martin 2017-2025 Director View profile
  3. Mary-Teresa Rainey 2015-2024 Director View profile
  4. John Peter Williams 2015-2024 Director View profile
  5. Torsten Gunter Kreindl 2013-2022 Director View profile
  6. Caroline Philippa Wicks 2012-2017 Director View profile
  7. Victoria Clare Jarman 2011-2018 Director View profile
  8. Alan Matthew Templeton Thomson 2010-2018 Director View profile
  9. Richard John Smelt 2007-2015 Director View profile
  10. Alistair Richard Cox 2007-2023 Director View profile
  11. Paul Scott Harrison 2007-2017 Director View profile
  12. Paul Venables 2006-2022 Director View profile
  13. Christopher William Eccleshare 2004-2014 Director View profile
  14. Paul Herbert Stoneham 2004-2012 Director View profile
  15. Colin Stephen Matthews 2002-2004 Director View profile
  16. Lesley Mary Samuel Knox 2002-2011 Director View profile
  17. Pierre Danon 2001-2004 Director View profile
  18. Brian Goodman Wallace 2001-2007 Director View profile
  19. Robert James Morgan 1999-2001 Director View profile
  20. Neil Andrew Mclachlan 1999-2003 Director View profile
  21. Keith Pearson Charlton 1998-2002 Director View profile
  22. Xavier Francois Emile Urbain 1998-2004 Director View profile
  23. Robert Arthur Lawson 1998-2010 Director View profile
  24. Denis Ralph Waxman 1998-2007 Director View profile
  25. John Robert Cole 1996-2001 Director View profile
  26. Michael James Biden 1996-1997 Director View profile
  27. Christopher Taylor 1995-2004 Director View profile
  28. Mark Ewart Aldridge 1993-1998 Director View profile
  29. Dennis Matthewman 1992-1998 Director View profile
  30. Michael Proffitt 1992-1996 Director View profile
  31. Graham John Williams 2003 Director View profile
  32. Ronald Edwin Frost 2001 Director View profile
  33. Peter David Thatcher Roberts 1992 Director View profile
  34. John Alan Napier 1998 Director View profile
  35. Bruce Amager Dawson 1992 Director View profile
  36. Peter Harvey Courtney 1994 Director View profile
  37. Derrick Charles Frost 1992 Director View profile
  38. Lionel John Stammers 2001 Director View profile
  39. David Charles Tibble 2001 Director View profile
  40. Douglas George Evans 2013-2024 Secretary View profile
  41. Neil John Alfred Tsappis 2012-2013 Secretary View profile
  42. Alison Yapp 2006-2012 Secretary View profile
  43. Stephen John Cox 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  44. John Walley Martin 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  45. Stephen John Charnock 1997-2004 Secretary View profile
  46. Andrew Gordon Morison 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

8 contracts · £633,949 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
28/07/1987
Registered office
London

Group

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

32 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.

9 directors on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (7)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Dirk Hahn Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026

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.

Finance 12Business services 7Professional services 5Dormant 3Education 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02150950
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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