Jamie Pike

Biographical Information
"Jamie Pike was Chief Executive of Foseco plc, an international business serving the foundry and steel making industries, until its acquisition by Cookson Group plc in April 2008. He led the buy-out of Foseco from Burmah Castrol in 2001, which culminated in flotation on the main market in 2005. Mr Pike was educated at Oxford, holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

"His early career was as a consultant with Bain and Co and A T Kearney before joining Burmah Castrol in 1991. He rose to Chief Executive of Burmah Castrol Chemicals before leading the Foseco buy-out. He has previously been a Non-Executive Director of two FTSE 250 companies, RMC Group plc and Kelda Group plc. He was also the Non Executive Chairman of the Defence Support Group. Mr Pike is currently Chairman of RPC Group PLC, Lupus Capital, MBA Polymers Inc. and the literacy charity VRH. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CPES."

Affiliations

 * Trustee, Cancer Prevention and Education Society