- What we do
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Why choose Low & Bonar
Our product development brings us closer to our customersâ needs, while our global expansion takes us nearer to their markets.
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THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED FABRIC TECHNOLOGIES
Our proprietary technologies create versatile materials in smart combinations that bring a unique set of solutions and benefits to construction and industry.
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Building a more sustainable world
How our ideas, innovations and products help our clients support the environment, reduce waste, deliver for their customers â and stay safe.
Building a more sustainable world
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- Who we help
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Building
Protecting and enhancing where we live and work
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Civil Engineering
Supporting the projects reshaping our world
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Environmental
Helping our customers engineer the environment
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Industrial
Meeting challenge with the highest performance
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Interiors
Creativity and durability for our everyday surroundings
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Transportation
Creating cleaner, safer, cheaper ways to move us
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Recreation
Play well and play safe
Recreation
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- Who we are
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Our leadership team
Our experienced and passionate leadership team is committed to global growth and innovation, while pursuing the highest standards of corporate governance.
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Our history
For more than 100 years we have pushed the boundaries of what our technical materials can achieve, and the solutions they make possible.
Our history
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- Success stories
- Contact us
Leadership
A PASSION FOR THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
An experienced and resourceful leadership team, committed to global growth and innovation, while pursuing the highest standards of corporate governance.
PHILIP DE KLERK
Group CEO
Appointed to the board: October 2017.
Experience:
Previously CFO of Flybe from 2014 to 2017. Has held a number of other senior financial positions including Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis at SABMiller and CFO of INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe. Philip spent 16 years at Unilever in a range of finance roles, working in a number of countries including Benelux and Switzerland. Philip has Masters degrees in Business Economics (Rotterdam) and Law (Heerlen).
CLARK HALLADAY
Global Business Director, Building & Industrial
Experience:
Clark is a global sales, marketing & business development executive with more than 25 years of experience. He developed expertise in global business intelligence, strategic planning, and commercial leadership during tenures with divisions of United States Steel, BF Goodrich, Qannex and Performance Fibers (formerly Honeywell/Allied Signal). In addition, he was a management investor and served on the leadership team of TruSeal Technologies a specialty chemical business created following the acquisition of Tremco Inc.’s Window Markets division by Kirtland Capital Partners.
Clark joined Low & Bonar in 2013 and serves as the Global Business Director for the Building and Industrial Division and the North American Sales and Marketing Director. In his dual role, Clark leads the strategic planning process and technical B2B sales and marketing efforts for a diverse group of industrial, technical textile, and high performance building product industries.
A graduate of Duke University, Clark also holds a Masters of Business Administration in Financial Management from Southeastern University.
Johann Bryan
Global Business Director, Coated Technical Textiles
Johann joined Low & Bonar in November 2017 from Rollepaal, a Dutch capital goods manufacturer, where he was Chief Commercial Officer focusing on the plastic pipe industry.
Experience:
He has extensive international commercial leadership experience in B2B markets having worked in Fokker Aviation and the railway industry before moving to the global fibre business with both Diolen Industrial Fibers (formerly Acordis/Akzo Nobel Fibers) and Performance Fibers (Luxemburg).
He is a graduate of University of Hertfordshire (MBA, 2002) and INSEAD.
GARETH KAMINSKI – COOK
Global Business Director, Interior and Transportation and Group Director of Strategy, Sales and Marketing
Experience:
A former Officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers and a Civil Engineering graduate from Birmingham University, Gareth has 25 years’ experience in industrial B2B2C market-leading organisations across a number of business sectors including Civil Engineering, Building and Construction, Packaging and Fuel Retail. Gareth has previously worked for Stanton and Stavley, BPB, French industrial giant Saint Gobain, Rexam and Danaher and has lived and worked for several periods in Asia and Europe. Gareth is a career commercial specialist and leads Low & Bonar's Strategy, Marketing and Innovation and is an Executive Director for the Asian Operations.
In 2015 Gareth was appointed Global Business Director for Interiors and Transport.
JAN VAN BOLDRIK
Global Business Director, Civil Engineering
Experience:
Jan is a graduate from the Nyenrode Business University and has significant International experience, worked in Denmark, Germany, USA and South America. Before joining Low & Bonar, he worked for SHV, an international trading company, AkzoNobel and was the General Manager of Colbond when it was under the tenure of AkzoNobel and later ACORDIS.
Jan joined Low & Bonar in 2006 as Managing Director of the Colbond business and in 2009 also became Managing Director of the Yarns business. In 2012, following the merger of the Colbond and Fabrics businesses, Jan became the Managing Director of the Mehler business as well as continuing to lead the Yarns business.
Early 2016 Jan was appointed Global Business Director for Sports & Leisure. He is now Group Director of Special Projects.
MARTIN JARVIS
Group Director Integrated Supply Chain
Experience:
Previously at Unilever for 20 years in a number of key manufacturing and supply chain roles, eventually becoming VP for Global Sales and Operations Planning. Helped found Integrated Business Planning, a consultancy specialising in improving business supply chains. A strong track record in managing global businesses, complex supply chains and integrated business planning in FMCG and fuels. Has a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
MATTHEW JOY
Group General Counsel
Experience:
Matthew Joy is Group General Counsel, overseeing the Group’s Legal Affairs Function. Matthew has 25 years experience as a commercial lawyer, working in private practice, for major financial institutions and in commerce and industry.
Erika Percival
Group Company Secretary
Experience:
Erika has held a number of other senior positions at InterContinental Hotels Group plc, Premier Foods plc, and continues to act as a moderator with the ICSA for the Corporate Law and Applied Business Law exams for the CSQS professional qualification. She has a Masters degree in Commercial Law from the University of Bristol (2006), is a graduate of the University of Reading (Law LLB, 2005) and a Fellow of the ICSA. .