Matthew Taylor joined Edwards in June 2010 as CEO. Between 2006 and 2010, Matthew was COO and then CEO of JCB.Before JCB, Matthew spent 21 years with Ford and was Managing Director of Land Rover from 2003 to 2006. Matthew has an Economics degree from The London School of Economics and was a First Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, serving in the Falklands on HMS Invincible. He was born in Uruguay and is fluent in Spanish and French.

David Smith has been our CFO since July 2010. David worked for over 25 years in the automotive industry at Ford and Jaguar Land Rover. He was a key member of the management team that transformed Jaguar-Land Rover over the last decade into a global premium automotive company. In his last two years as CEO, he led the company through a challenging transition from Ford to Tata ownership. Prior to his Jaguar-Land Rover CEO role, he was the Senior Finance Executive for Ford in Europe as well as a Director of Volvo and Aston Martin. Before that, David was the CFO of Jaguar Land Rover. During his career he worked for Ford in Switzerland, the US and Turkey. He also worked on many projects in Asia. David holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Warwick University. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and is a Fellow for the Royal Society for Arts. He is also a Hon DSc from Aston, a non-executive director of Motability Operations Group plc. and a Trustee of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust.

Jim Gentilcore has served on our board of directors since December 2007 and brings 30 years of  technology industry leadership to the board.  He has significant experience in growing technology companies, mergers and acquisitions in the public and private sector and post merger integration. From January 2009 to March 2011, Jim was President, CEO and Director of  EPAC Technologies Inc, a leader in supply chain automation for the book publishing industry. Prior to that, Jim was the CEO of Helix Technology Corporation, and lead its strategic merger with Brooks Automation in 2005, where he continued as COO of the combined company.  After the integration of Brooks and Helix, he lead the company’s acquisition of Synetics, a U.S. subsidiary of a large Japanese Automation company and then spearheaded a Japanese based joint venture with that company.  His global experience includes several Asian based joint ventures and acquisitions and many US -based technology acquisitions. Jim holds an MBA. from Lehigh University and a BS in Engineering from Drexel University.

Greg Brenneman has served on our board of directors since October 2009. He is Chairman of CCMP Capital and a member of the firm’s investment committee. Prior to joining CCMP in Octomer 2008 Greg served as CEO and President of Quiznos, one of America’s fastest-growing quick service restaurant chains. Prior to this he was Chairman and CEO of Burger King where he led the turnaround of the company. He is probably best known for his involvement in the turnaround of Continental Airlines as President, COO and Board member. In 2002 he was president and CEO of PwC Consulting and led its strategic sale to IBM. Greg holds a Masters of Business Administration degree with distinction from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors Administration of Business in Accounting/Finance, summa cum laude from Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Commerce degree from Washburn University. Greg currently serves on the board of directors of Francesca's Collections, a women's fashion retailer, The Home Depot, Inc., Automatic Data Processing, Inc and Quiznos.

John Lewis has served on our board of directors since 2007. He is a Partner of Unitas Capital. Prior to joining CCMP in 1996, John was a member of Chase Manhattan Bank's Merchant Banking Group in Hong Kong for two years, where he was responsible for developing Chase's direct investment business in Asia. Previously, John worked in Chase's Merchant Banking Group in New York for four years, focusing on providing debt and equity financing for leveraged acquisitions. John holds a BA pi beta kappa from the University of Virginia and an MA from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.He is currently on the boards of AITS Cayman Limited, Exego Group Pty Ltd, Hyva Group and Sensata Technologies N.V.

Sir Kevin Smith has served on our board of directors since March 2012 and is a Partner of Unitas. Prior to joining Unitas in February 2012, Sir Kevin was the Chief Executive Officer of GKN plc, a FTSE100 listed global engineering and manufacturing company which he joined in 1999. Before GKN, he spent close to 20 years at British Aerospace (now BAE Systems plc) where he became Group Managing Director for New Business. He has been a member of the board of large public companies including Saab AB and Scottish and Southern Energy plc and a number of industrial joint-ventures including Panavia Gmbh, Eurofighter Gmbh and SEPECAT, as well as served as the Chairman of the Matra BAe Dynamics and AgustaWestland boards. Sir Kevin’s other board and advisory engagements have included GCHQ, the U.K. Ministerial Subcommittee on Smart Procurement and the Industrial Co-Chair of the Government Manufacturing Forum. He was knighted in 2006 for his services to industry and currently serves as a British Ambassador for Business and is a member of the U.K. government’s business advisory group, the Asia Task Force. He holds a B.A. (Honors) from the University of Central Lancashire and an honorary Doctorate from Cranfield University and is a Fellow of the University of Central Lancashire, the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Chartered Institute of Management.