David Banks
Non-Executive Chair
Keith Broadbent
Chief Executive Officer
Patrick Carter
Chief Financial Officer
Theresa Wallis
Independent Non-Executive Director & Chair of the Audit Committee
Gareth Kaminski-Cook
Independent Non-Executive Director
Tom Quantrille
President and CEO
(Haydale Technologies, Inc, US subsidiary of HGI Plc)
David Banks
Non-Executive Chair
David Banks started in Stock Broking in Birmingham in 1979 with Harris, Allday, Lea and Brooks before moving to London and becoming an institutional salesman at Panmure Gordon where he was acclaimed in the Automotive, Engineering, Aerospace and Motor Distributors sectors. He subsequently became a corporate broker advising many companies on their corporate structure, strategy, messaging and presentations. He also raised the capital for many of these companies both at IPO and in secondary fund raises.
Keith Broadbent
Chief Executive Officer
Keith has a track record of strategically implementing increased efficiency and significant bottom line improvement in the most challenging of manufacturing and field installation environments whilst managing the most challenging of customers. Keith’s experience includes having worked as operations director at Princess Yachts International and at Sunseeker where he was part of the senior management team. Keith has an MBA in Strategic Management; a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies and a 2(i) BA (Hons) Degree in English.
Patrick Carter
Chief Financial Officer
Patrick joined Haydale in June 2023 and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Barrister. Having started his career at Deloitte, he was appointed Group Finance Director of AIM listed Aukett Fitzroy Robinson Group Plc (now Aukett Swanke Plc) in 2002, one of the UK's leading international commercial architectural practices. Between 2007 and 2012, he was CFO of Charteris Plc, an AIM listed consultancy and IT systems integrator (now part of Sword Group). Between 2012 and 2022, he was CFO of several related private equity backed, UK and Asia based renewable energy companies.
Theresa Wallis
Independent Non-Executive Director & Chair of the Audit Committee
Theresa Wallis worked most of her executive career in financial services, moving into technology commercialisation in 2001. She was with the London Stock Exchange for 13 years, where from 1995 to 2001 she was chief operating officer of AIM, the market for smaller growing companies, having managed the market’s development and launch. From 2001 to end 2006 she was a principal executive of ANGLE plc, a venture management and consulting business focusing on the commercialisation of technology.
Since 2001 she has held a number of non-executive directorships, including LiDCO Group plc where she was non-executive chairman, Veriton Pharma Ltd and the Quoted Companies Alliance. Prior to joining the London Stock Exchange she worked for Hambros Bank and then Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in London. Theresa has a degree in Zoology from the University of Oxford and a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors. Theresa brings a range of corporate governance, business development, financial and commercial skills and experience.
Gareth Kaminski-Cook
Independent Non-Executive Director
Gareth Kaminski-Cook has a breadth of relevant experience in international businesses including currently as Chief Executive Officer of Autins Group plc, a UK and continental Europe based industrial materials technology business. Gareth joined Autins from Low & Bonar plc, the fully listed international performance materials group, where he was Group Director of Strategy, Sales and Marketing and Global Business Director, Interiors and Transportation (a global business supplying specialist materials to the Automotive and Flooring industries).
Gareth has 30 years' experience in market-leading industrial organisations across several business sectors, having worked previously for Saint Gobain, Rexam, BPB and Danaher. He has lived and worked in Asia, the US and Europe, and has a deep understanding of the manufacture and application of specialist thermal materials across relevant industrial markets such as Automotive and Building Products. Gareth is a former Officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers and a Civil Engineering graduate from Birmingham University.
Tom Quantrille
President and CEO
(Haydale Technologies, Inc, US subsidiary of HGI Plc)
Tom Quantrille joined Haydale Technologies Inc. in 2016 as Vice-President and COO, when Haydale Graphene Industries PLC acquired Advanced Composite Materials, LLC (ACM). Tom was president & CEO of ACM and had been at ACM since 2002. Tom is now the President and CEO of Haydale Technologies Inc. He has an extensive background in materials, business development, technology and sales development, and operations. Tom has a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech in the USA.
