Matt JordaN
MANAGING Director
Matt Jordan is a chartered professional who holds an MA in Environmental Law and a BSc in Geo-environmental Engineering, with more than 25 years’ experience working in the infrastructure and environmental field.
Matt has held senior management positions within a number of leading UK Engineering Consultancies delivering a wide range of multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental projects across the UK and Overseas. He participates in the company’s strategic management and has day to day responsibility for the running of operations.
Frederik Hsu DL
CHAIRMAN
Fred Hsu gained an MBA from Imperial College, London and has extensive experience in corporate finance, both as a service provider and principal. Fred has operated at board level for over 35 years, serving as a director of more than 50 companies, including The Property Trust PLC, Pittencrieff Petroleum PLC (both listed on the London Stock Exchange), Firmin & Sons PLC and the Zurich-based Belinvest Realty Fund.
He has served on the National Council of the CBI; Board and Council of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and was Founder Chairman of the Clothing & Infrastructure Group (CLING) of ADS. He has served as Deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands since 2000. Fred is responsible for the group’s legal, commercial and compliance matters.
ADAM HATFIELD ACA
FINANCE DIRECTOR
Adam Hatfield is Group Finance Director and trained with PriceWaterhouseCoopers as a Chartered Accountant. He has over 30 years' experience in the financial management, corporate control and direction of large, medium and small businesses.
Adam has served as Finance Director of private and publicly quoted companies in the health, IT, media and financial services sectors. He is responsible for the group’s financial management.
LOUIS OLIVER
PROCUREMENT & LOGISTICS DIRECTOR
Louis Oliver trained in accountancy with Grant Thornton. He held the post of Distribution and Buying Director for the 440-store Oliver Group PLC where he gained extensive international experience in the UK and USA with responsibility for a £100m budget.
Louis has extensive procurement and logistics experience supplying Marks & Spencer, Royal Mail, UK Ministry of Defence and international governments. He heads the group’s procurement and logistics operations.
PETER MARKS
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR
Peter Marks holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering and a BSc in Civil Engineering.
Peter has held senior management positions with leading blue chip companies such as Land Rover, Courtaulds Aerospace, GKN, GEC Marconi and BAE Systems, delivering equipment and services to UK and overseas governments. He has been instrumental in managing the delivery of complex programmes. He is responsible for the overall management of the group’s operational programme.
NICHOLAS OLIVER
HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Nick Oliver was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he was awarded the Queen's Sword of Honour and served as an officer with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. He serves on the UK’s Department for International Trade Africa Infrastructure Board.
Nick is responsible for business development with a particular focus on social infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa and further afield. He is an experienced procurement specialist with a successful track record in business development.
ADRIAN CORDEN ACA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Adrian is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of international experience incorporating the engineering, environmental and media sectors. Having undertaken his training with one of the big four accounting firms, Adrian is highly commercial with strong budgeting/forecasting and business risk knowledge and has been involved in several international business start-ups and M&A transactions.
Adrian has served as a director of a number of organisations, managing company formation, recruitment/training of finance teams and setting up finance systems to meet group and local GAAP statutory accounting/tax requirements across Europe and Africa.
CAROLINE YOUNG
DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE
Caroline Young holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Retail Management and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, with over 25 years’ managerial and operational experience as well as post graduate qualifications (PGCert, IOSH, CITB) in site safety.
Caroline previously held senior management positions within a leading blue-chip company where she established, implemented and directed compliant and accurate audit processes whilst leading multi-disciplinary teams. Her current roles include the strategic implementation of transformational HR, compliance protocols and procedures; and corporate social responsibility activities, while ensuring that the HR function is managed and operated to the highest standards.
Caroline has worked successfully with internal stakeholders and NMSI’s Board of Directors in her various roles, to enhance and develop functional teams within the expanding NMSI business.
MARK HASELAU
DIRECTOR OF PROJECTS
Mark Haselau is a professionally-recognised Quantity Surveyor who holds a BSc degree in Quantity Surveying, with more than 24 years’ experience across 27 African countries and has expert and deep technical capabilities in the specialised fields of infrastructure, energy, resources, healthcare, agriculture and real estate developing and delivering complex infrastructure projects.
Mark is responsible for the early stakeholder engagements to develop the project technical baseline/scope of works and supporting early design/concept development, estimating, procurement strategy and packaging the projects for contract signature.
STEPHEN O’BRIEN
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT CONTROLS
Stephen O’Brien holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Quantity Surveying and has more than 30 years’ experience working in construction in Africa. His experience encompasses all aspects of Quantity Surveying, Project Controls and Programme Management across many complex, high value projects and programmes of work across the continent.
Stephen was previously engaged as a director of a leading global consulting firm for over 20 years. He has overall responsibility for Commercial Management and Project Controls of all NMSI construction projects.
CARL TAYLOR
DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING, LOGISTICS & EQUIPMENT
Carl Taylor served with the Royal Navy for 29 years, specialising in complex logistics for large scale deployments. He is a graduate of the Joint Services Command and Staff College and has a Master's Degree from King's College London. He joined NMSI from Saab Technologies and has an in depth understanding of procurement and logistics processes, procedures and activities in engineering, marine and international construction projects.
GORDON MUDGE
DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ESG
Gordon Mudge is a chartered environmental and sustainability professional with more than 30 years of senior management and director level experience. He holds a PhD in development planning from the London School of Economics.
He has been a director in charge of numerous infrastructure and planning projects in challenging business environments, some of them amongst the largest and most complex multi-activity programs of work globally. He has considerable experience in leading and implementing strategic change and strong skills and practical experience of working with multiple stakeholder groups including local and central government, non-government organisations and lobby groups.
Gordon’s experience includes extended deployments in the Middle East, East Africa, West Africa and the Far East. He is familiar with all international environment and sustainability standards and protocols including the IFC Performance Standards, UN Sustainable Development Goals and Equator Principles.
NATASHA CHIUMYA
NON-EXECUTIVE
Natasha Chiumya holds an an MBA from the University of Cape Town, an LLB from the University of Warwick and was admitted to the Zambian Bar in 1999.
As Managing Partner of Folotiya & Chiumya Legal Practitioners, Natasha gained extensive experience in public sector work relating to national development, legislative and investment climate reform, working with bilateral and multilateral donors as well as the Government of Zambia, through the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry. She has worked extensively in the private sector, providing strategic advisory services to companies in Zambia and South Africa. Her legal experience covers a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. With a perspective that goes beyond law, Natasha has the unique ability to understand business, as well as legal challenges.
TRACEY MUNEMO
NON-EXECUTIVE
Tracey Munemo holds an MBA and has over 30 years’ experience in financial accounting and corporate governance. She began her career with Standard Chartered Bank before joining Lever Brothers (Unilever group) where she progressed from Treasury Manager to Financial Accountant. She joined SGI Holdings Group as Group Finance Manager in 1996, progressing to Group Financial Director and Company Secretary in 2008.
Based in Zimbabwe, Tracey has consulted on a broad range of business-related matters encompassing corporate governance and professional advice at strategic levels of business in areas such as financial reporting, auditing, tax management, performance management, financial management, strategic planning and general business advisory.