Bryan Smart

Non - Executive Director

Bryan spent 25 years at DaimlerChrysler (UK) Limited, where he worked initially in internal audit before moving up from Financial Controller to Chief Financial Officer. He resigned from DaimlerChrysler in 2006 having overseen turnover increase from £1.3 billion in 1996 to over £3.0 billion in 2006 and managing the acquisition, assimilation and reorganisation of Chrysler & Jeep in the UK. He remains Trustee Director of DaimlerChrysler Pension Fund.

Since leaving DaimlerChrysler, Bryan has advised a number of public and private companies. Between 2006 and 2010, he was Chairman of the supervisory board of CarboTech AG, a Salzburg-based designer and manufacturer of complex carbon fibre structures for automotive and industrial use. Bryan is a Non-Executive Director and member of the audit and remuneration committees of Greka Drilling Limited and Rangers International Football Club plc and, until recently, held the same positions at SCOTTY Group SE. Bryan is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.