Byotrol non-executive directors
Ralph Kugler - Chairman
Ralph has over 25 years experience at the highest levels of international business. He has been a Non-Executive Director of InterContinental Hotels plc (IHG) since 2003. He is Chairman of IHG’s Remuneration Committee, and member of the Audit, Nomination and CSR board committees. He is a member of the board’s Remuneration Committee at a major global US consumer product company. He is senior advisor for 3i plc, and advises several other companies.
He was Chairman of Gorkana Ltd until April 2010, when he successfully led a merger with Discovery Group Holdings, which he has joined as a non-executive director.
He was an Executive Director on the main Boards of Unilever plc and of Unilever nv from 2005-08.
In his last role at Unilever, Ralph was a member of the 8-man executive leadership team, and was Global President for the €19 billion Home and Personal Care categories. Previously, he was President of two of Unilever’s large regions (first Latin America, then Greater Europe). Prior to that, he was Chairman and CEO of the national Unilever businesses in Thailand and Malaysia respectively.
Ralph is a member of the Advisory Board of Leeds University Business School.
Adrian Smith – Non Executive Director
Adrian joined Procter & Gamble Limited in 1966 after serving articles with a Liverpool law firm. After 13 years of sales and brand management positions in Procter & Gamble, he became the Vice President for Ecolab’s European consumer operations.
Adrian relocated to the US in 1981 to assume international responsibility for Ecolab’s marketing and research operations, and then assumed general management responsibility for Asia Pacific operations. In 1991 Adrian joined Arthur Andersen as a worldwide Managing Partner for marketing. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Grant Thornton LLP in 1998, and retired from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in 2004. Adrian was the non-executive chairman of the Carter & Carter Group plc through its flotation, and is currently the non-executive chairman of Addpower UK Ltd., Premier Credit Ltd., and Klean Industries Inc. Adrian is also a director of RTI Biologics Inc., and Colour Code Technologies. He teaches a marketing course at the MBA school in Furtwangen University, Germany and serves on the board of an Education Foundation in Florida.
Till Medinger – Non Executive Director
Till was formerly Senior Vice President for Corporate Strategy at AstraZeneca Plc and prior to that had a long and distinguished career with ZENECA Plc and ICI Pharmaceuticals, directing business and marketing operations internationally and overseeing the launch of several global blockbuster products.
He is a past President of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and has many years international industry experience, serving on the Boards of both the European and the International Pharmaceutical Industry Federations. He has also served on the Board of the Chemical Industries Association. His business career has spanned R&D, territorial and marketing management, strategic planning, business operations, licensing and acquisitions/divestments, and public and government affairs. He has also acted as a corporate consultant to emerging high-tech companies within the US and the UK.
He has much experience as a Non-Executive Director of both public and private companies and is currently Chairman of PhotoBiotics Limited and a Non-executive Director of Datapharm Communications Ltd. He has a Doctorate in Chemistry from Oxford University.