Management

Peter Smith
Chairman of Savills plc, and Chairman of the Nomination Committee

Peter Smith was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 24 May 2004 and was elected Chairman with effect from 1 November 2004.

Jeremy Helsby
Group Chief Executive  

Jeremy Helsby joined Savills in 1980 and was appointed to the Board in 1999. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Savills Commercial and Savills Europe for seven years until he was appointed as Group Chief Executive on 7 May 2008.

Simon Shaw
Group Chief Financial Officer

Simon Shaw joined the Board as Group Chief Financial Officer in 2009. Simon is a Chartered Accountant. 

Charles McVeigh
Independent Non-Executive Director

Charle McVeigh was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 August 2000. He is currently Chairman of Citigroup’s Corporate and Investment Banking – Global Wealth Management Partnership. He serves on the Board of EFG-Hermes and Petropavlosk plc (formerly Peter Hambro Mining plc). Formerly he was Co-Chairman of Citigroup’s European Investment Bank and served on the Boards of Witan Investment Company plc, Clearstream, the London Stock Exchange, LIFFE, British American Business Inc and was a member of both the Development Board and Advisory Council of the Prince’s Trust.

Martin Angle
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Was appointed to the Board on 2 January 2007. He is a Non-Executive Director of JSC Severstal, Pennon Group plc, The National Exhibition Centre(Chairman) and resigned as Non-Executive Director of Dubai International Capital LLC in November 2009. Formerly, he served as Chairman of Celerant Consulting, as Group Finance Director of TI Group plc and held various executive roles with Terra Firma Capital Partners and its portfolio companies, including The Waste Recycling Group (Executive Chairman) and Le Meridien Hotel Group (Deputy Chairman). He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Warwick Business School.

Tim Freshwater
Independent Non-Executive Director

Aged 67, was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2012. He is currently Vice Chairman Goldman Sachs (Asia), having been Managing Director and Chairman, Corporate Finance from 2001. He is also currently Non-Executive Chairman of Grosvenor Asia Pacific Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Aquarius Platinum Limited, Chong Hing Bank Limited, COSCO Pacific Limited and Swire Pacific Limited. He was formerly with Jardine Fleming, becoming Group Chairman in 1999, and was Partner at Slaughter and May from 1975 and 1996.

Clare Hollingsworth
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee

Clare was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 2 April 2012.Formerly, she was Chief Executive Officer of Spire Healthcare and its predecessor business, BUPA Hospitals, from 1999 to 2008.  Prior to 1999, Clare was Managing Director, Caledonian Airways from 1990-1997, having been appointed as part of the leadership team when the airline was established by British Airways in 1988.  She was subsequently a Non-Executive Director of Caledonian Airways from 1997-1999.  She was also a Non-Executive Director of Ambea AB from 2009 to 2010.

She is Deputy Chairman of Spire Healthcare Limited and also a Non-Executive Director of Assura Group Limited, Eurostar International Limited and Virgin Healthcare Holdings Limited.Committee membership: Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.