VT is building a great warchest so get ready for a spending spree
Age: 59
Work: 1968 – joins Dowty Fuel Systems as a student apprentice. 1980 – group general manager for energy services group Schlumberger. 1987 – managing director, Dowty Aerospace & Defence. 1990 – chief executive of instruments specialist Graseby. 1997 – group managing director, Balfour Beatty. 2002 – CEO at VT Group
Education: Studied mechanical engineering at Nottingham Trent University
Family: Divorced and remarried with three children
Hobbies: Runs five times a week and goes to the gym three times a week. A West Brom season ticket holder