RWS Holdings PLC (RWS) Board of Directors | Ticker | TickerInterim Chairman
26 yrs 1 mosAge: 85British
Benjamin Maurice Rene Faes
Chief Executive Officer
1 yrs 4 mosAge: 54French
Chief Financial Officer
2 mosAge: 52British
Independent Non-executive Director
–
Paul Gordon Abbott
Independent Non-executive Director
2 yrs 4 mosAge: 57British
Independent Non-executive Director
2 yrs 4 mosAge: 43British
Interim Senior Independent Director
5 yrs 6 mosAge: 62British
FM
Frances Mary Hogan
Director
5 yrs 6 mosAge: 64British
General Counsel and Company Secretary
3 yrs 7 mos
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Interim Chairman | 10 Apr 2000 | 26 yrs 1 mos | British |
Benjamin Maurice Rene Faes | Chief Executive Officer | 6 Jan 2025 | 1 yrs 4 mos | French |
|
Candida Jane Davies
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2025
Julie Helen Southern
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 5 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2025
David Hugh Clayton
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 1 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2025
Ian Ramsey Safwat El-Mokadem
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 5 mosResigned: 6 Jan 2025
Tenure: 6 yrs 5 mosResigned: 22 Feb 2024
Interim Chairman
26 yrs 1 mosAge: 85British
Benjamin Maurice Rene Faes
Chief Executive Officer
1 yrs 4 mosAge: 54French
Chief Financial Officer
2 mosAge: 52British
Independent Non-executive Director
–
Paul Gordon Abbott
Independent Non-executive Director
2 yrs 4 mosAge: 57British
Independent Non-executive Director
2 yrs 4 mosAge: 43British
Interim Senior Independent Director
5 yrs 6 mosAge: 62British
FM
Frances Mary Hogan
Director
5 yrs 6 mosAge: 64British
General Counsel and Company Secretary
3 yrs 7 mos
| Name | Role | Appointed | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Interim Chairman | 10 Apr 2000 | 26 yrs 1 mos | British |
Benjamin Maurice Rene Faes | Chief Executive Officer | 6 Jan 2025 | 1 yrs 4 mos | French |
|
Candida Jane Davies
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2025
Julie Helen Southern
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 5 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2025
David Hugh Clayton
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 1 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2025
Ian Ramsey Safwat El-Mokadem
Director
Tenure: 3 yrs 5 mosResigned: 6 Jan 2025
Tenure: 6 yrs 5 mosResigned: 22 Feb 2024
| Independent Non-executive Director | – | – | – |
| Independent Non-executive Director | 1 Jan 2024 | 2 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Independent Non-executive Director | 1 Jan 2024 | 2 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Interim Senior Independent Director | 4 Nov 2020 | 5 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Director | 4 Nov 2020 | 5 yrs 6 mos | British |
| General Counsel and Company Secretary | 3 Oct 2022 | 3 yrs 7 mos | – |
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 20 Dec 2022
Christopher Guy Desmond Lewey
Secretary
Tenure: 6 mosResigned: 3 Oct 2022
Desmond Kenneth Neil Glass
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 5 mosResigned: 8 Apr 2022
Desmond Kenneth Glass
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 5 mosResigned: 8 Apr 2022
Richard James Thompson
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 8 mosResigned: 25 Jul 2021
David Everard Shrimpton
Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 1 mosResigned: 10 Feb 2021
Tenure: 2 yrs 8 mosResigned: 4 Nov 2020
Elisabeth Ann Lucas
Director
Tenure: 17 yrsResigned: 4 Nov 2020
Richard James Thompson
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 10 mosResigned: 6 Nov 2017
Reinhard Karl-Heinz Ottway
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2017
Michael Anthony McCarthy
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 1 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2012
John Charles Ivey
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 2 mosResigned: 1 Jan 2010
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 11 Nov 2003
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 11 Nov 2003
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 16 Aug 2002
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 16 Aug 2002
Declan Anthony Fitzpatrick
Director
Tenure: 4 mosResigned: 10 Dec 2001
David Colin Ingram
Secretary
Tenure: 1 yrs 1 mosResigned: 13 Aug 2001
Adrian Effland Bradshaw
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 13 Aug 2001
James Stuart Golfar
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 13 Aug 2001
Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 17 Jul 2000
Tenure: 2 mosResigned: 10 Apr 2000
David Simon Green
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 2 mosResigned: 11 Feb 2000
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Candida Jane Davies | Director | 3 Oct 2022 | 31 Dec 2025 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Julie Helen Southern | Director | 27 Jul 2022 | 31 Dec 2025 | 3 yrs 5 mos | British |
| David Hugh Clayton | Director | 4 Nov 2020 | 31 Dec 2025 | 5 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Ian Ramsey Safwat El-Mokadem | Director | 3 Aug 2021 | 6 Jan 2025 | 3 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Lara Boro | Director | 20 Sept 2017 | 22 Feb 2024 | 6 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Roderick Day | Director | 8 Apr 2022 |
| Independent Non-executive Director | – | – | – |
| Independent Non-executive Director | 1 Jan 2024 | 2 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Independent Non-executive Director | 1 Jan 2024 | 2 yrs 4 mos | British |
| Interim Senior Independent Director | 4 Nov 2020 | 5 yrs 6 mos | British |
| Director | 4 Nov 2020 | 5 yrs 6 mos | British |
| General Counsel and Company Secretary | 3 Oct 2022 | 3 yrs 7 mos | – |
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 20 Dec 2022
Christopher Guy Desmond Lewey
Secretary
Tenure: 6 mosResigned: 3 Oct 2022
Desmond Kenneth Neil Glass
Director
Tenure: 4 yrs 5 mosResigned: 8 Apr 2022
Desmond Kenneth Glass
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 5 mosResigned: 8 Apr 2022
Richard James Thompson
Director
Tenure: 8 yrs 8 mosResigned: 25 Jul 2021
David Everard Shrimpton
Director
Tenure: 11 yrs 1 mosResigned: 10 Feb 2021
Tenure: 2 yrs 8 mosResigned: 4 Nov 2020
Elisabeth Ann Lucas
Director
Tenure: 17 yrsResigned: 4 Nov 2020
Richard James Thompson
Secretary
Tenure: 4 yrs 10 mosResigned: 6 Nov 2017
Reinhard Karl-Heinz Ottway
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 2 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2017
Michael Anthony McCarthy
Director
Tenure: 9 yrs 1 mosResigned: 31 Dec 2012
John Charles Ivey
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 2 mosResigned: 1 Jan 2010
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 11 Nov 2003
Tenure: 2 yrs 3 mosResigned: 11 Nov 2003
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 16 Aug 2002
Tenure: 8 mosResigned: 16 Aug 2002
Declan Anthony Fitzpatrick
Director
Tenure: 4 mosResigned: 10 Dec 2001
David Colin Ingram
Secretary
Tenure: 1 yrs 1 mosResigned: 13 Aug 2001
Adrian Effland Bradshaw
Director
Tenure: 1 yrs 4 mosResigned: 13 Aug 2001
James Stuart Golfar
Director
Tenure: 6 yrs 8 mosResigned: 13 Aug 2001
Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 17 Jul 2000
Tenure: 2 mosResigned: 10 Apr 2000
David Simon Green
Director
Tenure: 5 yrs 2 mosResigned: 11 Feb 2000
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Tenure | Nationality |
|---|
| Candida Jane Davies | Director | 3 Oct 2022 | 31 Dec 2025 | 3 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Julie Helen Southern | Director | 27 Jul 2022 | 31 Dec 2025 | 3 yrs 5 mos | British |
| David Hugh Clayton | Director | 4 Nov 2020 | 31 Dec 2025 | 5 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Ian Ramsey Safwat El-Mokadem | Director | 3 Aug 2021 | 6 Jan 2025 | 3 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Lara Boro | Director | 20 Sept 2017 | 22 Feb 2024 | 6 yrs 5 mos | British |
| Roderick Day | Director | 8 Apr 2022 |
| Christopher Guy Desmond Lewey | Secretary | 8 Apr 2022 | 3 Oct 2022 | 6 mos | – |
| Desmond Kenneth Neil Glass | Director | 6 Nov 2017 | 8 Apr 2022 | 4 yrs 5 mos | Irish |
| Desmond Kenneth Glass | Secretary | 6 Nov 2017 | 8 Apr 2022 | 4 yrs 5 mos | – |
| Richard James Thompson | Director | 28 Nov 2012 | 25 Jul 2021 | 8 yrs 8 mos | British |
| David Everard Shrimpton | Director | 1 Jan 2010 | 10 Feb 2021 | 11 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Tomas Kratochvil | Director | 28 Mar 2018 | 4 Nov 2020 | 2 yrs 8 mos | Czech |
| Elisabeth Ann Lucas | Director | 11 Nov 2003 | 4 Nov 2020 | 17 yrs | British |
| Richard James Thompson | Secretary | 1 Jan 2013 | 6 Nov 2017 | 4 yrs 10 mos | – |
| Reinhard Karl-Heinz Ottway | Director | 1 Jan 2012 | 31 Mar 2017 | 5 yrs 2 mos | German |
| Michael Anthony McCarthy | Director | 11 Nov 2003 | 31 Dec 2012 | 9 yrs 1 mos | British |
| John Charles Ivey | Director | 11 Nov 2003 | 1 Jan 2010 | 6 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Gavin Mark Kaye | Director | 13 Aug 2001 | 11 Nov 2003 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Nicholas Fisher | Director | 13 Aug 2001 | 11 Nov 2003 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Simon Goodchild | Director | 10 Dec 2001 | 16 Aug 2002 | 8 mos | British |
| Gillian Shearer | Director | 10 Dec 2001 | 16 Aug 2002 | 8 mos | British |
| Declan Anthony Fitzpatrick | Director | 13 Aug 2001 | 10 Dec 2001 | 4 mos | Irish |
| David Colin Ingram | Secretary | 17 Jul 2000 | 13 Aug 2001 | 1 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Adrian Effland Bradshaw | Director | 10 Apr 2000 | 13 Aug 2001 | 1 yrs 4 mos | British |
| James Stuart Golfar | Director | 16 Dec 1994 | 13 Aug 2001 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Peter Mountford | Director | 10 Apr 2000 | 17 Jul 2000 | 3 mos | British |
| Ronald De Young | Director | 11 Feb 2000 | 10 Apr 2000 | 2 mos | British |
| David Simon Green | Director | 16 Dec 1994 | 11 Feb 2000 | 5 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Christopher Guy Desmond Lewey | Secretary | 8 Apr 2022 | 3 Oct 2022 | 6 mos | – |
| Desmond Kenneth Neil Glass | Director | 6 Nov 2017 | 8 Apr 2022 | 4 yrs 5 mos | Irish |
| Desmond Kenneth Glass | Secretary | 6 Nov 2017 | 8 Apr 2022 | 4 yrs 5 mos | – |
| Richard James Thompson | Director | 28 Nov 2012 | 25 Jul 2021 | 8 yrs 8 mos | British |
| David Everard Shrimpton | Director | 1 Jan 2010 | 10 Feb 2021 | 11 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Tomas Kratochvil | Director | 28 Mar 2018 | 4 Nov 2020 | 2 yrs 8 mos | Czech |
| Elisabeth Ann Lucas | Director | 11 Nov 2003 | 4 Nov 2020 | 17 yrs | British |
| Richard James Thompson | Secretary | 1 Jan 2013 | 6 Nov 2017 | 4 yrs 10 mos | – |
| Reinhard Karl-Heinz Ottway | Director | 1 Jan 2012 | 31 Mar 2017 | 5 yrs 2 mos | German |
| Michael Anthony McCarthy | Director | 11 Nov 2003 | 31 Dec 2012 | 9 yrs 1 mos | British |
| John Charles Ivey | Director | 11 Nov 2003 | 1 Jan 2010 | 6 yrs 2 mos | British |
| Gavin Mark Kaye | Director | 13 Aug 2001 | 11 Nov 2003 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Nicholas Fisher | Director | 13 Aug 2001 | 11 Nov 2003 | 2 yrs 3 mos | British |
| Simon Goodchild | Director | 10 Dec 2001 | 16 Aug 2002 | 8 mos | British |
| Gillian Shearer | Director | 10 Dec 2001 | 16 Aug 2002 | 8 mos | British |
| Declan Anthony Fitzpatrick | Director | 13 Aug 2001 | 10 Dec 2001 | 4 mos | Irish |
| David Colin Ingram | Secretary | 17 Jul 2000 | 13 Aug 2001 | 1 yrs 1 mos | British |
| Adrian Effland Bradshaw | Director | 10 Apr 2000 | 13 Aug 2001 | 1 yrs 4 mos | British |
| James Stuart Golfar | Director | 16 Dec 1994 | 13 Aug 2001 | 6 yrs 8 mos | British |
| Peter Mountford | Director | 10 Apr 2000 | 17 Jul 2000 | 3 mos | British |
| Ronald De Young | Director | 11 Feb 2000 | 10 Apr 2000 | 2 mos | British |
| David Simon Green | Director | 16 Dec 1994 | 11 Feb 2000 | 5 yrs 2 mos | British |
