Sleeman, John

Biography

 Mr. John Keys Sleeman is an Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of PV Crystalox Solar Plc. He graduated in Physics from the University of Durham and started his career at Deloitte & Touche in 1970 where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before moving in 1975 to Samuel Montagu where he qualified as a Chartered Banker and held various corporate and project finance advisory roles, becoming a director in 1989. Following its acquisition by HSBC, he held directorships with a number of companies within the HSBC Group, and from 2000 to 2003 was managing director, head of international team, corporate finance. After that, John was an independent director of OSJC Power Machines (from 2003 to 2008), the Russian power generation equipment manufacturer 25% owned by Siemens AG, and an independent director of JSC Open Investments (from 2005 to 2009), the Russian real estate group. He was appointed as non-executive director and Senior Independent Director at PV Crystalox Solar in June 2007 and became the Chairman in May 2013. He is chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee. In 2006 John was a founding partner of, and since 2015 has been senior adviser to, S.P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP. In 2014 he was appointed as non-executive director of Unitech Corporate Parks Plc.

Research Interest

 Polymer Marketing, Market Analysis, Advanced Biopolymers, Polymer technologies, Biodegradable Polymeric Material, Polymers synthesis