Gareth has 27 years’ experience in finance having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993 with PWC. In recent years he has worked for the Emco Wheaton Division of private equity owned Gardner Denver Inc., the global provider of industrial equipment, technologies and services, where he joined as Finance Director in 2013. Prior to this he spent seven years as Finance Director of private equity backed start-up, Vireol Bio-Industries plc, which was seeking funding to design, construct and operate a bioethanol process facility. During his time with Vireol Bio-Industries, Gareth played a key role in securing equity investment and financing for the business. Between 1995 and 2006 Gareth was employed by Syltone plc, in various roles, including Divisional Finance Director and Group Financial Controller. After its acquisition by Gardner Denver Inc. in 2004, Gareth became European Finance Director and then Divisional Finance Director of the Blower Division. In this capacity he was responsible for the day to day financial operations of the Group’s largest Division, operating across four continents, with revenues of circa. $480m. He graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1989 with a BEng. He was appointed Chief Financial Executive Officer of AGM in April 2017.

Finance