Nanoco Group PLC (NANO) Board of Directors | TickerCR
Christopher Richards
Chairman of the Nominations Committee
–
Dr Jalal Bagherli
Chairman
2 yrs 3 mosAge: 70British
DB
David Blain
Chief Financial Officer
–
BC
Brendan Cummins
Non-Executive Director
–
RW
Robin Williams
Independent Non-Executive Director
–
CM
Christopher Michael Batterham
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 3 mosAge: 71British
LF
Executive Director
4 yrs 8 mosAge: 40British
Senior Synthetic Materials Chemist
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Section Head Nanomaterials
–
Intellectual Property & Grants Manager
–
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Chairman | – | – | – |
| Chairman | – | – | – |
| Chairman of the Nominations Committee | – |
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Dr Christopher Richards | Chair | £47,000 | – | – | – | – | £47,000 |
Dieter May
Non-executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 2 mosResigned: 30 Apr 2026
Dr Alison Margaret Fielding Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 30 Apr 2026
Dmitry Shashkov
Executive Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 13 Feb 2026
Dr Nigel Leroy Pickett
Executive Director
Tenure: 16 yrs 4 mosResigned: 19 Aug 2025
CR
Christopher Richards
Chairman of the Nominations Committee
–
Dr Jalal Bagherli
Chairman
2 yrs 3 mosAge: 70British
DB
David Blain
Chief Financial Officer
–
BC
Brendan Cummins
Non-Executive Director
–
RW
Robin Williams
Independent Non-Executive Director
–
CM
Christopher Michael Batterham
Non-Executive Director
7 yrs 3 mosAge: 71British
LF
Executive Director
4 yrs 8 mosAge: 40British
Senior Synthetic Materials Chemist
–
Section Head Nanomaterials
–
Intellectual Property & Grants Manager
–
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Chairman | – | – | – |
| Chairman | – | – | – |
| Chairman of the Nominations Committee | – |
Director Remuneration (FYE 2025)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Dr Christopher Richards | Chair | £47,000 | – | – | – | – | £47,000 |
Dieter May
Non-executive Director
Tenure: 2 yrs 2 mosResigned: 30 Apr 2026
Dr Alison Margaret Fielding Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 9 yrsResigned: 30 Apr 2026
Dmitry Shashkov
Executive Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 13 Feb 2026
Dr Nigel Leroy Pickett
Executive Director
Tenure: 16 yrs 4 mosResigned: 19 Aug 2025
| Chairman | 5 Apr 2024 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | – | – | – |
| Chief Financial Officer | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
CM Christopher Michael Batterham | Non-Executive Director | 1 Apr 2019 | 7 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Executive Director | 8 Nov 2021 | 4 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Senior Synthetic Materials Chemist | – | – | – |
| Section Head Nanomaterials | – | – | – |
| Intellectual Property & Grants Manager | – | – | – |
| Manufacturing Director | – | – | – |
| Secretary | 1 Sept 2020 | 5 yrs 10 mos | – |
| Dr Nigel Pickett | Executive Director | £219,000 | £1,000 | £164,000 | £47,000 | £17,000 | £449,000 |
| Dmitry Shashkov | Executive Director | £243,000 | – | £182,000 | – | £13,000 | £438,000 |
| Liam Gray | Executive Director | £157,000 | £1,000 | £118,000 | £34,000 | £13,000 | £322,000 |
| Brian Tenner | Executive Director | £70,000 | – | – | £49,000 | £5,000 | £124,000 |
| Dr Jalal Bagherli | Non-Executive Director | £77,000 | – | – | – | – | £77,000 |
| Dr Alison Fielding | Non-Executive Director | £55,000 | – | – | – | – | £55,000 |
| Chris Batterham | Non-Executive Director | £55,000 | – | – | – | – | £55,000 |
| Dieter May | Non-Executive Director | £50,000 | – | – | – | – | £50,000 |
Prior year comparison (8 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Dr Christopher Richards | Chair | £100,000 | – | – | – | – | £100,000 |
| Brian Tenner | Executive Director | £300,000 | £1,000 | – | – | £22,000 | £323,000 |
| Dr Nigel Pickett | Executive Director | £214,000 | £1,000 | – | – | £17,000 | £232,000 |
| Liam Gray | Executive Director | £153,000 | £1,000 | – | – | £13,000 | £167,000 |
| Dr Alison Fielding | Non-Executive Director | £50,000 | – | – | – | – | £50,000 |
| Chris Batterham | Non-Executive Director | £50,000 | – | – | – | – | £50,000 |
| Dieter May | Non-Executive Director | £25,000 | – | – | – | – | £25,000 |
| Dr Jalal Bagherli | Non-Executive Director | £16,000 | – | – | – | – | £16,000 |
Christopher Gareth Joseph Richards
Tenure: 9 yrs 2 mosResigned: 21 Jan 2025
Brian Thomas Tenner
Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 2 mosResigned: 22 Oct 2024
Henry Arthur John Turcan
Director
Tenure: 1 yrsResigned: 12 Sept 2022
Brian Thomas Tenner
Secretary
Tenure: 2 yrs 1 mosResigned: 1 Sept 2020
Dr Michael Albert Edelman Executive Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 5 mosResigned: 1 Sept 2020
Brendan Matthew Cummins
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 11 mosResigned: 19 Apr 2019
David Jonathan Blain
Secretary
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 20 Aug 2018
David Jonathan Blain
Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 20 Aug 2018
Tenure: 3 yrs 8 mosResigned: 10 Jun 2018
Robin George Walton Williams
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 13 Jul 2017
Gordon James Hall
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 6 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2017
Dr Peter John Rowley
Director
Tenure: 7 yrsResigned: 12 Apr 2016
Mark James Sullivan
Secretary
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 3 Aug 2015
Colin Meadows White
Secretary
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2014
Colin Meadows White
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 4 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2014
Michael Anthony Bretherton
Director
Tenure: 5 yrsResigned: 4 Apr 2014
Mark James Sullivan
Secretary
Tenure: 3 yrs 5 mosResigned: 28 Sept 2012
Tenure: 1 yrs 9 mosResigned: 30 Apr 2009
Graeme Manson Hart
Director
Tenure: 5 yrsResigned: 30 Apr 2009
Dr David Philip Bloxham
Director
Tenure: 5 yrsResigned: 30 Apr 2009
Malcolm Lawton Darvell
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 2 mosResigned: 6 Jul 2007
Nicholas Jeremy Rupert Badman
Director
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 6 Jul 2007
Mark Carnegie Brown
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 3 mosResigned: 6 Jul 2007
John Vernon Burke
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 3 mosResigned: 6 Jul 2007
Andrew John Moberly
Secretary
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 28 Feb 2007
David John Graham White
Secretary
Tenure: 7 mosResigned: 16 Nov 2004
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Dieter May | Non-executive Director | 1 Feb 2024 | 30 Apr 2026 | 2 yrs 2 mos | German |
| Dr Alison Margaret Fielding | Non-Executive Director | 20 Apr 2017 | 30 Apr 2026 | 9 yrs | British |
| Dmitry Shashkov | Executive Director | 22 Oct 2024 | 13 Feb 2026 | 1 yrs 4 mos | American |
| Dr Nigel Leroy Pickett | Executive Director | 30 Apr 2009 | 19 Aug 2025 | 16 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Christopher Gareth Joseph Richards | Chair | 11 Nov 2015 |
| Chairman | 5 Apr 2024 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Chief Executive Officer | – | – | – |
| Chief Financial Officer | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
| Independent Non-Executive Director | – | – | – |
CM Christopher Michael Batterham | Non-Executive Director | 1 Apr 2019 | 7 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Executive Director | 8 Nov 2021 | 4 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Senior Synthetic Materials Chemist | – | – | – |
| Section Head Nanomaterials | – | – | – |
| Intellectual Property & Grants Manager | – | – | – |
| Manufacturing Director | – | – | – |
| Secretary | 1 Sept 2020 | 5 yrs 10 mos | – |
| Dr Nigel Pickett | Executive Director | £219,000 | £1,000 | £164,000 | £47,000 | £17,000 | £449,000 |
| Dmitry Shashkov | Executive Director | £243,000 | – | £182,000 | – | £13,000 | £438,000 |
| Liam Gray | Executive Director | £157,000 | £1,000 | £118,000 | £34,000 | £13,000 | £322,000 |
| Brian Tenner | Executive Director | £70,000 | – | – | £49,000 | £5,000 | £124,000 |
| Dr Jalal Bagherli | Non-Executive Director | £77,000 | – | – | – | – | £77,000 |
| Dr Alison Fielding | Non-Executive Director | £55,000 | – | – | – | – | £55,000 |
| Chris Batterham | Non-Executive Director | £55,000 | – | – | – | – | £55,000 |
| Dieter May | Non-Executive Director | £50,000 | – | – | – | – | £50,000 |
Prior year comparison (8 directors)
| Director | Role | Base Salary | Benefits | Bonus | LTIP | Pension | Total |
|---|
| Dr Christopher Richards | Chair | £100,000 | – | – | – | – | £100,000 |
| Brian Tenner | Executive Director | £300,000 | £1,000 | – | – | £22,000 | £323,000 |
| Dr Nigel Pickett | Executive Director | £214,000 | £1,000 | – | – | £17,000 | £232,000 |
| Liam Gray | Executive Director | £153,000 | £1,000 | – | – | £13,000 | £167,000 |
| Dr Alison Fielding | Non-Executive Director | £50,000 | – | – | – | – | £50,000 |
| Chris Batterham | Non-Executive Director | £50,000 | – | – | – | – | £50,000 |
| Dieter May | Non-Executive Director | £25,000 | – | – | – | – | £25,000 |
| Dr Jalal Bagherli | Non-Executive Director | £16,000 | – | – | – | – | £16,000 |
Christopher Gareth Joseph Richards
Tenure: 9 yrs 2 mosResigned: 21 Jan 2025
Brian Thomas Tenner
Executive Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 2 mosResigned: 22 Oct 2024
Henry Arthur John Turcan
Director
Tenure: 1 yrsResigned: 12 Sept 2022
Brian Thomas Tenner
Secretary
Tenure: 2 yrs 1 mosResigned: 1 Sept 2020
Dr Michael Albert Edelman Executive Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 5 mosResigned: 1 Sept 2020
Brendan Matthew Cummins
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 11 mosResigned: 19 Apr 2019
David Jonathan Blain
Secretary
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 20 Aug 2018
David Jonathan Blain
Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 20 Aug 2018
Tenure: 3 yrs 8 mosResigned: 10 Jun 2018
Robin George Walton Williams
Non-Executive Director
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 13 Jul 2017
Gordon James Hall
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 6 mosResigned: 31 Jan 2017
Dr Peter John Rowley
Director
Tenure: 7 yrsResigned: 12 Apr 2016
Mark James Sullivan
Secretary
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 3 Aug 2015
Colin Meadows White
Secretary
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2014
Colin Meadows White
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 4 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2014
Michael Anthony Bretherton
Director
Tenure: 5 yrsResigned: 4 Apr 2014
Mark James Sullivan
Secretary
Tenure: 3 yrs 5 mosResigned: 28 Sept 2012
Tenure: 1 yrs 9 mosResigned: 30 Apr 2009
Graeme Manson Hart
Director
Tenure: 5 yrsResigned: 30 Apr 2009
Dr David Philip Bloxham
Director
Tenure: 5 yrsResigned: 30 Apr 2009
Malcolm Lawton Darvell
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 2 mosResigned: 6 Jul 2007
Nicholas Jeremy Rupert Badman
Director
Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 6 Jul 2007
Mark Carnegie Brown
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 3 mosResigned: 6 Jul 2007
John Vernon Burke
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 3 mosResigned: 6 Jul 2007
Andrew John Moberly
Secretary
Tenure: 10 mosResigned: 28 Feb 2007
David John Graham White
Secretary
Tenure: 7 mosResigned: 16 Nov 2004
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Dieter May | Non-executive Director | 1 Feb 2024 | 30 Apr 2026 | 2 yrs 2 mos | German |
| Dr Alison Margaret Fielding | Non-Executive Director | 20 Apr 2017 | 30 Apr 2026 | 9 yrs | British |
| Dmitry Shashkov | Executive Director | 22 Oct 2024 | 13 Feb 2026 | 1 yrs 4 mos | American |
| Dr Nigel Leroy Pickett | Executive Director | 30 Apr 2009 | 19 Aug 2025 | 16 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Christopher Gareth Joseph Richards | Chair | 11 Nov 2015 |
| Brian Thomas Tenner | Executive Director | 20 Aug 2018 | 22 Oct 2024 | 6 yrs 2 mos | British,Irish |
| Henry Arthur John Turcan | Director | 1 Sept 2021 | 12 Sept 2022 | 1 yrs | British |
| Brian Thomas Tenner | Secretary | 20 Aug 2018 | 1 Sept 2020 | 2 yrs 1 mos | – |
| Dr Michael Albert Edelman | Executive Director | 30 Apr 2009 | 1 Sept 2020 | 11 yrs 5 mos | British,American |
| Brendan Matthew Cummins | Director | 28 May 2015 | 19 Apr 2019 | 3 yrs 11 mos | Irish |
| David Jonathan Blain | Secretary | 3 Aug 2015 | 20 Aug 2018 | 3 yrs | – |
| David Jonathan Blain | Executive Director | 3 Aug 2015 | 20 Aug 2018 | 3 yrs | British |
| Keith Alan Wiggins | Executive Director | 1 Oct 2014 | 10 Jun 2018 | 3 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Robin George Walton Williams | Non-Executive Director | 9 Jul 2014 | 13 Jul 2017 | 3 yrs | British |
| Gordon James Hall | Director | 9 Jul 2007 | 31 Jan 2017 | 9 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Dr Peter John Rowley | Director | 30 Apr 2009 | 12 Apr 2016 | 7 yrs | British |
| Mark James Sullivan | Secretary | 31 Dec 2014 | 3 Aug 2015 | 8 mos | – |
| Colin Meadows White | Secretary | 28 Sept 2012 | 31 Dec 2014 | 2 yrs 3 mos | – |
| Colin Meadows White | Director | 10 Aug 2010 | 31 Dec 2014 | 4 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Michael Anthony Bretherton | Director | 30 Apr 2009 | 4 Apr 2014 | 5 yrs | British |
| Mark James Sullivan | Secretary | 30 Apr 2009 | 28 Sept 2012 | 3 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Mark Hawtin | Director | 9 Jul 2007 | 30 Apr 2009 | 1 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Graeme Manson Hart | Director | 29 Apr 2004 | 30 Apr 2009 | 5 yrs | British |
| Dr David Philip Bloxham | Director | 29 Apr 2004 | 30 Apr 2009 | 5 yrs | British |
| Malcolm Lawton Darvell | Director | 24 May 2006 | 6 Jul 2007 | 1 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Nicholas Jeremy Rupert Badman | Director | 19 Jul 2004 | 6 Jul 2007 | 3 yrs | British |
| Mark Carnegie Brown | Director | 29 Apr 2004 | 6 Jul 2007 | 3 yrs 3 mos | British |
| John Vernon Burke | Director | 29 Apr 2004 | 6 Jul 2007 | 3 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Andrew John Moberly | Secretary | 20 Apr 2006 | 28 Feb 2007 | 10 mos | British |
| David John Graham White | Secretary | 29 Apr 2004 | 16 Nov 2004 | 7 mos | British |
| Brian Thomas Tenner | Executive Director | 20 Aug 2018 | 22 Oct 2024 | 6 yrs 2 mos | British,Irish |
| Henry Arthur John Turcan | Director | 1 Sept 2021 | 12 Sept 2022 | 1 yrs | British |
| Brian Thomas Tenner | Secretary | 20 Aug 2018 | 1 Sept 2020 | 2 yrs 1 mos | – |
| Dr Michael Albert Edelman | Executive Director | 30 Apr 2009 | 1 Sept 2020 | 11 yrs 5 mos | British,American |
| Brendan Matthew Cummins | Director | 28 May 2015 | 19 Apr 2019 | 3 yrs 11 mos | Irish |
| David Jonathan Blain | Secretary | 3 Aug 2015 | 20 Aug 2018 | 3 yrs | – |
| David Jonathan Blain | Executive Director | 3 Aug 2015 | 20 Aug 2018 | 3 yrs | British |
| Keith Alan Wiggins | Executive Director | 1 Oct 2014 | 10 Jun 2018 | 3 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Robin George Walton Williams | Non-Executive Director | 9 Jul 2014 | 13 Jul 2017 | 3 yrs | British |
| Gordon James Hall | Director | 9 Jul 2007 | 31 Jan 2017 | 9 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Dr Peter John Rowley | Director | 30 Apr 2009 | 12 Apr 2016 | 7 yrs | British |
| Mark James Sullivan | Secretary | 31 Dec 2014 | 3 Aug 2015 | 8 mos | – |
| Colin Meadows White | Secretary | 28 Sept 2012 | 31 Dec 2014 | 2 yrs 3 mos | – |
| Colin Meadows White | Director | 10 Aug 2010 | 31 Dec 2014 | 4 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Michael Anthony Bretherton | Director | 30 Apr 2009 | 4 Apr 2014 | 5 yrs | British |
| Mark James Sullivan | Secretary | 30 Apr 2009 | 28 Sept 2012 | 3 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Mark Hawtin | Director | 9 Jul 2007 | 30 Apr 2009 | 1 yrs 9 mos | British |
| Graeme Manson Hart | Director | 29 Apr 2004 | 30 Apr 2009 | 5 yrs | British |
| Dr David Philip Bloxham | Director | 29 Apr 2004 | 30 Apr 2009 | 5 yrs | British |
| Malcolm Lawton Darvell | Director | 24 May 2006 | 6 Jul 2007 | 1 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Nicholas Jeremy Rupert Badman | Director | 19 Jul 2004 | 6 Jul 2007 | 3 yrs | British |
| Mark Carnegie Brown | Director | 29 Apr 2004 | 6 Jul 2007 | 3 yrs 3 mos | British |
| John Vernon Burke | Director | 29 Apr 2004 | 6 Jul 2007 | 3 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Andrew John Moberly | Secretary | 20 Apr 2006 | 28 Feb 2007 | 10 mos | British |
| David John Graham White | Secretary | 29 Apr 2004 | 16 Nov 2004 | 7 mos | British |
