Board Profile

• Appointed: 01/10/2018
• Fellow of FRICS & FCIOB
• Nationality: British

Ian is a fellow of both The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) and the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB) and has a wide range of skills and experience from working within the construction industry for more than 35 years.

Ian is also Chair of the Nomination Committee.

Ian’s previous experience includes being a main Board Director of a tier-1 Principal Contractor where he enjoyed a 13-year career and subsequently spent four years as Chief Executive Officer for a prominent Steelwork Contractor.

Ian is also  Non-Executive Chairman of E E Smith Contracts Limited.

• Appointed: 01/01/2015
• Chief Executive Officer
• Nationality: British

Joined Billington Holdings Plc as Chief Operation Officer on 2 June 2014. Appointed as Chief Executive on the retirement of Steve Fareham, who became a Non-Executive Director.

An in depth knowledge of construction industry for over 25 years driving for growth and profit in competitive markets.

• Appointed: 01/10/2025
• Chartered Accountant
• Nationality: British

Trevor is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and joined Billington in 2008 as Financial Controller from Allotts Chartered Accountants where he specialised in Construction and Financial Services.

• Appointed: 01/10/2025
• Chartered Certified Accountant
• Nationality: British

Dave is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants having trained with Grant Thornton, qualifying in 2009. He specialised in the construction and manufacturing sectors before moving into industry, where he held finance roles with DLA Piper and G4S. Dave joined Billington in 2019 as Group Controller and subsequently served as Finance Director for the Group’s companies prior to be appointed CFO in October 2025.

• Appointed: 01/01/2013
• Nationality: Liechtensteiner

Non-Executive Director – Alexander Ospelt has been in independent practice as a lawyer since 1997 and is Member of the Board of Directors of Legacon Trust and Ospelt and Partner Attorneys at Law, Liechtenstein.  In addition, he is also a Board Member of a number of other companies including Opselt Holding Anstalt; Bergbahen Malbun AG; Bank Havilland Ltd; Chairman of the Board of Seed X Liechtenstein Ltd; and Chairman of the Board of ONE Insurance Ltd. Alex was also appointed Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Belgium in 2017.

• Appointed: 14/01/2019
• Chartered Accountant (1988)
• Nationality: British

Stephen is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW), having qualified in 1988.  He retired from KPMG in 2018 having been a partner for nearly 20 years, having held a number of management roles in the firm and was most recently a Senior Audit Partner working with FTSE 100 and 250 boards in an audit, advisory and relationship management capacity.

Throughout his career, Stephen has specialised in the construction and contracting sectors and was a member of the ICAEW Construction Sector Working Group back in 2014.

He is Chair of the Audit Committee for Billington.

In additon, Stephen also attends the KPMG UK Audit Board.

• Independent Non-Executive Director
• Appointed 02/02/2026
• Degree in Marketing (Lancaster University): MBA (with distinction)
• Nationality: British

Sharon has over 25 years’ experience within various industries, with a focus on commercial operations. She was Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Venture Life Group Plc, an international consumer healthcare business quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

Sharon currently holds Independent Non-Executive roles with three AIM quoted companies: Brickability Group plc, Warpaint London plc and Gear4music (Holdings) plc.

She has extensive Remuneration, Audit and Nomination Committee experience and serves on the Audit and Remuneration Committees of all three entities. She also serves on the Nominations Committee and is Remuneration Chair at Brickability Group Plc, a building materials supplier within the construction industry.

Sharon is Chair of the Billington Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk and the Nomination Committee.