Barrus announces appointments to board of directors

E. P. Barrus Limited has appointed four new members to the company’s board of directors with immediate effect.

Joining the board are Tim Hart, Keryn Clarke, Lee Darling and Neil Thompson.

Tim Hart, sales and marketing director, joined Barrus in 1995 taking up the role of marine diesel divisional manager. In 2005, Hart took on the additional responsibility of managing the marine leisure division and completed an MBA at Henley Business College.

Keryn Clarke, operations director, joined the company in 2007 in the position of business process manager having previously worked as an operations director in the manufacturing, distribution, and mail order industries. Clarke is responsible for warehousing, distribution, human resources, information technology, health and safety and quality systems.

Lee Darling, finance director, joined the company as part of the executive team in 2018 taking up the role of chief financial officer. A qualified chartered accountant, Darling has a very wide and varied experience of accounting, business processes, markets and systems working within the property, fast-moving consumer goods and retail sectors.

Neil Thompson, non-executive director, had a 27 year career with Microsoft. As vice president EMEA, Thompson has joined the board with a broad experience in launching and driving innovations from a product perspective, as well as innovations in business model changes required to meet the new demands of customers and market dynamics.

Tara Glen has also been appointed as chairman of the board of directors. Glen has a degree in engineering science from Oxford University and is a chartered accountant.