Executive Directors
Stephen Phipson CBE
Chief Executive
Stephen Phipson was the President of Smiths Detection from 1 August 2004 to August 2011. He joined Smiths Group plc in 1997 and was previously Managing Director of Smiths Interconnect as well as previous several senior roles in the global electronics and defence industries.
Stephen has an MSc in Operations Management, is Chairman of the UKTI Security Sector Advisory Group, former Vice President Security, at ADS, a trustee and council member of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors (IOD). He is the founding Chair of the UK Security and Resilience Industry Suppliers Community (RISC). Stephen was awarded the CBE for services to the security industry in 2010.
Colin Wilson ACA
Finance Director and Company Secretary
Colin, a Chartered Accountant, was appointed Finance Director for Stadium in February 2008. He originally joined Stadium in April 2006 as Finance Manager and was appointed as Company Secretary in December 2006. Formerly, Colin spent 10 years within ICI’s Uniqema business, in diverse roles covering production accounting, systems implementations, planning and performance management and business analysis. He trained with Coopers & Lybrand prior to moving into industry.
Tony Inskip
Commercial Director
Tony was appointed as Stadium Electronics Sales Director in May 2009. He joined Stadium as Sales Director in October 2008 following the successful acquisition of Zirkon Limited where he was the Sales and Marketing Director. Tony has a broad business knowledge gained from working in varied sales and marketing roles with blue chip companies including Furon, Leyland DAF, Clayton Dewandre (Wabco) and Automotive Products.
Charlie Peppiatt
Operations Director
Charlie Peppiatt joined Stadium in October 2011 from Laird Plc a FTSE 250 global electronics company, where he was Vice President of Global Operations for Laird Technologies with operational responsibility for a division with turnover of £300 million and 6,000 staff covering eleven sites.
During eighteen years with Laird, Charlie held other senior roles in USA, Europe and Asia as VP of Operations (Mobile Antenna Systems), General Manager Laird Technologies Beijing & Shenzhen, Operations Director LSSD and Managing Director Intron Ltd.
Non Executive Directors
Nick Brayshaw OBE BSc, ARSM, CEng, FIMechE
Chairman
(Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees)
Nick was appointed as a Non-executive Director at Stadium in April 2005 and Chairman in April 2006. He began his career with Rio Tinto plc and Caradon plc, before being appointed Group Chief Executive of Wagon plc until March 2004. He was an independent member of the Business and Innovation Group Board of the Department of Trade and Industry from 2000 to 2006, and Chairman of the CBI Manufacturing Council from 2003 to 2007. Nick is currently Chairman of Worldmark International Limited and Kee Safety International Ltd.
Chris Gill ACA
Senior Independent Director
(Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees)
Chris is a Chartered Accountant and was appointed as a Non-executive Director in April 2006.
He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee at Stadium and Group Finance Director at Nigel Wright. Chris was formerly Finance Director at Domnick Hunter Group plc and Wellstream Holdings plc.