Andrew Dougal

Andrew James Harrower Dougal (born September 1951){{cite web|title=Andrew James Harrower DOUGAL|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/DdnCKGq5Qi1eINn-5r0c0JRQqZA/appointments|website=Companies House|accessdate=17 January 2018}} is a British businessman particularly associated with the financial and general management of industrial companies.

Dougal worked with Hanson plc, the former Anglo-American diversified industrial group, in a range of general and financial management roles, rising to be group finance director, from 1986 until 1997 when the Hanson demerger took place. He was then appointed chief executive of Hanson and he remained in that role until his retirement in 2002.{{cite web|title=Andrew Dougal, non-executive director|url=https://www.carillionplc.com/about-us/our-leadership/andrew-dougal/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115202451/https://www.carillionplc.com/about-us/our-leadership/andrew-dougal/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2018|website=Carillion|access-date=17 January 2018}}{{cite web|title=Andrew Dougal - Non-executive Director|url=http://www.victrexplc.com/governance-leadership/board-directors/andrew-dougal-non-executive-director-b-acc-ca|website=Victrex|accessdate=17 January 2018}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} After the demerger, Hanson focused on building materials, becoming the world's biggest aggregates supplier and the second largest supplier of ready-mixed concrete.{{cite news|title=On aggregate, Hanson is a buy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/1999/dec/10/11|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=Guardian|date=10 December 1999}} Dougal left Hanson with a large pay-off (variously reported at between £400,000 and £660,000, plus a pension top-up of £636,700) after quitting the group to "rebalance" his life.{{cite news|last1=Osborne|first1=Alistair|title=Hanson stands by chief's huge payoff|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2760486/Hanson-stands-by-chiefs-huge-payoff.html|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=Telegraph|date=20 April 2002}}{{cite news|last1=Cope|first1=Nigel|title=Ex-Hanson chief gets £660,000 plus pension top-up|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ex-hanson-chief-gets-660000-plus-pension-top-up-122411.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118020327/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ex-hanson-chief-gets-660000-plus-pension-top-up-122411.html |archive-date=2018-01-18 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=Independent|date=12 March 2003}}

Dougal is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and was formerly a member of its Council and has advised on the responsibilities of non-executive directors.{{cite web|title=Andrew Dougal - What are the essential elements of a well-performing Board?|url=https://www.criticaleye.com/inspiring/insights-detail.cfm?id=2635|website=Critical Eye|accessdate=17 January 2018}}{{cite news|title=Eight Commandments for Non-executives|url=http://www.fwbparkbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/8-Commandments-for-Non-Executives-CA-June-17-1.pdf|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=CA Magazine|publisher=ICAS|date=1 June 2017}}

Non-executive director roles

After his retirement from Hanson, Dougal became a portfolio non-executive director. He was a director of Taylor Wimpey, Taylor Woodrow (2002–2011) and Creston plc (2006–2015),{{cite news|last1=Harrington|first1=Andrew|title=Creston non-exec Andrew Dougal stands down|url=https://www.prweek.com/article/1350192/creston-non-exec-andrew-dougal-steps-down-nigel-lingwood-appointed|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=PR Week|date=5 June 2015}} chairing the audit committee in all three. He has also been a non-executive director of Premier Farnell (resigning in 2015){{cite web|title=Andrew Dougal - Retirement from the Board|url=http://www.premierfarnell.com/regulatory_news_article/5189|website=Premier Farnell|accessdate=17 January 2018}} and BPB plc.

Dougal was appointed a non-executive director of Carillion plc in October 2011, chairing its audit committee,{{cite news|title=Andrew Dougal appointed as a non-executive director of Carillion|url=https://www.property-magazine.eu/andrew-dougal-appointed-as-a-non-executive-director-of-carillion-18088.html|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=Property Magazine Europe|date=4 October 2011}} and was a member of the board in the run-up to Carillion going into liquidation on 15 January 2018.{{cite news|last1=Sillars|first1=James|title=Carillion collapse: The key personnel at the firm|url=https://news.sky.com/story/carillion-collapse-the-fat-cats-in-the-frame-over-contractors-failure-11209838|accessdate=17 January 2018|work=Sky News|date=16 January 2018}} In January 2021, the Insolvency Service said it would seek to ban eight former Carillion directors, including Dougal, from holding senior boardroom positions.{{cite news |last1=Partington |first1=Richard |title=Legal bid launched to ban ex-Carillion directors from top boardroom roles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jan/13/legal-bid-launched-ban-ex-carillion-directors-top-boardroom-roles |access-date=13 January 2021 |work=Guardian |date=13 January 2021}}{{cite news |title=Carillion directors face boardroom bans |url=https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/carillion-directors-face-boardroom-bans |access-date=14 January 2021 |work=The Construction Index |date=14 January 2021}} However, a trial due to start on 16 October 2023 was cancelled after the Insolvency Service decided it was not in the public interest to continue the proceedings against the former directors including Dougal.{{cite news |last1=Weinfass |first1=Iain |title=Insolvency Service drops case against former Carillion chair and CEO |url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/carillion/insolvency-service-drops-case-against-former-carillion-chair-and-ceo-13-10-2023/ |access-date=17 October 2023 |work=Construction News |date=13 October 2023}}

He was a non-executive director of Victrex plc (appointed March 2015), but resigned in February 2018 after being included on an Investment Association listing following the liquidation of Carillion.{{cite news|last1=Kleinman|first1=Mark|title=Victrex added to City blacklist after Carillion director quits|url=https://news.sky.com/story/victrex-added-to-city-blacklist-after-carillion-director-quits-11248258|accessdate=12 February 2018|work=Sky News|date=12 February 2018}}

References

Category:1951 births

Category:Living people

Category:British manufacturing chief executives

Category:Carillion people