BMT Group Ltd, an international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced that Mr Charles Packshaw has joined the Board of Directors as a non-executive Director.
Mr. Packshaw has thirty years’ experience working with financial institutions in the City of London and is currently Head of UK Advisory at HSBC Bank, where he is responsible for advice to clients on strategy, acquisitions, capital structure, equity and debt financing and shareholder relationships.
Prior to this, he was Managing Director of Lazard’s Corporate Finance Division in London. He began his career working in the construction industry and is a Chartered Civil Engineer.
Mr. Packshaw has worked with professional service businesses and with a broad range of industries including construction, house building, offshore, building materials, industrials and food.
He is a non-executive Director of Diploma PLC and a member of its Audit and Remuneration Committees. He has formerly been a non-executive Director of The Restaurant Group, where he was Chairman of the Audit Committee, and of Diagonal PLC and a trustee of the Lazard Directors Pension Scheme.