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Governance
OCU Group | Annual report and financial statements 2025
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Board of Directors
OCU Group is governed by the Boards of Oat Topco Limited and Oat Bidco Limited The Board of Oat Topco Limited consists of:
David Taylor-Smith, MBE, FRGS Non-Executive Chair
Tania Songini Non-Executive Director
Matthew Turner Non-Executive Director
Thomas Cheung Triton Representative and Non-Executive Director
With over 30 years of senior leadership experience, David brings extensive skills and knowledge to his role as Non‑Executive Chair. David chairs the Board and ensures that opportunities and risks are always suitably managed, with expert oversight on executive management’s performance against OCU Group’s key objectives and values. David served in the British Army and is a former private equity CEO and FTSE 100 Board Director. He has run businesses in more than 70 countries. He chairs WJ Group, owned by the private equity firm THI, CWS, a pan European company owned by the Haniel Group, and Wates Property Services. He is a Senior Advisor to the Swiss Bank Pictet and to the Haniel Group, a German family-owned industrial group. David is a trustee of the Churchill Fellowship, an Advisory Board member of the Scientific Exploration Society, a WWF Fellow, and an adviser to the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
With over 20 years of senior executive management experience, Tania worked as a financial and commercial director at Siemens, the German engineering company, in the energy, healthcare and logistics sectors, latterly serving as Finance Director of Siemens Energy UK and NW Europe. Tania chairs the Audit & Risk Committee, and also the ESG Committee. She is experienced across the energy value chain, including solar, wind, battery storage, hydrogen, geothermal, EV charging, waste-to-energy, and energy demand management. Tania’s portfolio of Non-Executive Director roles includes board positions with the National Wealth Fund, Thrive Renewables plc, The Energy Systems Catapult and Guernsey Electricity. Tania holds an MA in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Rome, is a commercial and community mediator, and chairs a healthcare and education charity in Ecuador.
Matthew first worked with Triton in 2004 and has served on the boards of several Triton portfolio companies as a non‑executive. Matthew chairs the Nominations and Remuneration Committee. Previously, Matthew held a number of positions, including International Head of Global Private Equity at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Designate CEO of Kaupthing Bank, and Senior Director at Prudential. He completed the solicitor examination at Guildford Law College and holds a BA in Law. Matthew is also a Non-Executive Director of Assura Protect Limited, Energia, IFCO and Acre.
Thomas is a Managing Director in Triton’s Business Services team and led the investment in OCU Group. He joined Triton from I Squared Capital in 2020 and started his career in M&A advisory at Macquarie Capital. Thomas has over a decade of experience in global infrastructure investment and advisory roles across regulated utilities, telecoms, airports, power generation and supply. Thomas also holds a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London.
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