The Board

Our Board, led by Mark King, supports the Management team with the strategic direction of the company.

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Mark King, Chairman

Mark has deep operational management experience in advanced engineering businesses having spent the majority of his career at Rolls-Royce where he was ultimately President of Aerospace.

Tony Davies OBE, founder and NED

Tony founded Bowman Power Group in 2004, and held the position of CEO until 2011, when he moved to a Non-Executive Director role.

Tony’s extensive experience in developing technology companies from start-up to investor exit also includes Membrain Limited- Automatic Test Systems, and Information Technology plc. Tony has also held non-executive directorships of Aeroform Group plc, Ocean Quay Management, Marine Current Turbines Limited and TTP Capital Partners, and was an Industrial Adviser to UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1981 to 1986.

Ronald (Ron) Sams, NED

Ron brings his considerable global leadership and transformational change experience to support Bowman in development and execution of its strategy, having held several international operational and MD positions in the engineering sector.

Most of Ron’s early career was spent at Agusta-Westland Helicopters UK where he ultimately held the role of Operations Director. He then went on to lead transformational change improvement programmes in different roles, working in industry alongside the UK Ministry of Defence, before moving to Aggreko to be Group Operations and Technology Director. In his time at Aggreko, Ron was responsible for developing a global operational strategy in the $1Bn turnover Power Projects part of the business and implementing 200 new projects in 30 countries amounting to over 2GW of power.

Paul Dowman-Tucker, CEO

Paul joined Bowman in 2012 as Engineering Director, following 18 years working in the maritime industry. During this time he held several senior engineering roles in companies such as VT Group and BAE Systems.

During Paul’s time as Engineering Director he led product development and collaboration with customers on the adoption of Bowman’s Electric Turbo Compounding (ETC) products. In January 2017, Paul became CEO of Bowman.

Paul has a B.Eng in Yacht & Powercraft design from Southampton Solent University, is a Chartered Engineer and is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects.

David Lamb, CFO

In 2009 David joined Bowman, with an extensive background in the manufacturing and transport sectors. Previous roles included Financial Controller positions with Raymarine, TFL and London Underground.

David is CIMA qualified, holds a degree in Medical Biochemistry from Leicester University and was shortlisted for Private Company FD of the Year in 2014.

Arild Nerdrum, NED

Arild represents Fjord Capital’s interest in Bowman. He has a strong industrial and business background, across diverse sectors from shipping to mining.