JOHN FLETCHER - NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
John Fletcher was an Executive Director of Trafalgar House Plc for more than 20 years. During that time he was initially the main Board Director responsible for the Group’s construction and engineering activities. Trafalgar House was the largest E&C company in Europe with more than 30,000 employees. Later Mr. Fletcher had responsibility for the implementation of the Group’s acquisition and development strategies which included not only engineering and construction but also oil and gas exploration and production, cargo shipping, hotels & cruise shipping, property development and house building as well as newspaper and publishing. The Group operated in over 60 countries world wide and employed over 130,000 people towards the end of his career with Trafalgar House. Mr. Fletcher participated in the demerger of several of Trafalgar House interests including oil and gas, newspaper and publishing into separate London listed companies.
In 1996 Trafalgar House merged with Kvaerner, a large Scandinavian engineering and ship building group, where Mr. Fletcher served as President and Chief Executive of their Engineering and Construction business world wide.
In 1999, Mr. Fletcher left Kvaerner and with Macquarie Bank through an Australian listed company Pacific Energy Limited, acquired what had been Trafalgar House infrastructure and industrial investments world wide.
Mr. Fletcher was an adviser to the British Government in 1980s. In 1996, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II awarded the title of CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) to Mr. Fletcher for his contribution to British industry. Mr. Fletcher was a member of the international advisory team to the Beijing Mayor in 1999 and in 2004 appointed Executive Vice Chairman Construction Supervision committee for the National Stadium for 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Mr. Fletcher’s experience in overseeing major projects has given him extensive high level international business and financial connections, enabling him to provide key assistance to foreign and domestic corporations in their China transactions. Mr. Fletcher is also a Director of Somerley Limited and non executive Chairman of Leyshon Resources Limited with Gold operations in China listed in ASX & AIM.