Board of Directors
Gavin Little - Chairman
Gavin Little was appointed Chairman of Active of Active Energy Group plc in April 2011.
Gavin has over 20 years' sales, marketing and general management experience, most recently with British American Tobacco Co Plc ("BAT") as CEO of the Northern Europe region, where he was responsible for strategy and operations; overseeing the restructuring and corporate development of the GBP700m turnover business. Prior to this, Gavin was Chief Marketing Officer, USA, for Reynolds American Inc., a leading US tobacco company in which BAT is the major shareholder, having held previously a number of senior management roles globally within BAT.
Philip Palmer – Chief Executive Officer
Philip Palmer was appointed as a Director of Active Energy Group plc on 19th September 1997.
In 1977, Mr Palmer established Healthcare Logistics Ltd to provide logistical services for the pharmaceutical industry. He was responsible for developing the company into the leading UK provider of outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical sector. The business was sold in 1997 via a management buyout and is now the UK logistics arm of Movianto a division of Celesio AG.
