Justin Read
English businessman
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Justin Richard Read (born May 1961)[1] is an English businessman particularly associated with the financial management of construction and property-related companies.
Read studied modern history at the University of Oxford, graduating in 1983, and has an MBA from INSEAD (1990).
Read worked for businesses including Euro Disney, Bankers Trust[2] and Hanson plc (during 13 years at Hanson he served as deputy FD, MD of Continental Europe, head of risk management and group treasurer),[3] and has been a director of companies including:[1][4]
- Hanson plc (October 1993 – May 2003)[3]
- Speedy Hire (finance director, April 2008 – August 2011)[5]
- Segro plc (finance director, August 2011 – December 2016)[6]
- Ibstock plc (non-executive director, appointed January 2017)[4][7]
- Grainger plc (non-executive director, appointed February 2017)[8]
In December 2017 he was appointed as a non-executive director to succeed one-time Hanson colleague Andrew Dougal as chair of the audit committee of Carillion,[2] six weeks before it went into liquidation.[9]
