Mike served as Vice President/General Manager for all UK and European operations for Bawden Drilling (UK) Ltd in the 1980s. From 1990 to 1995, he was Chief Executive in the UK for Smedvig Limited before joining Abbot Group plc, initially as Development Director, but was later appointed Chief Operating Officer in 1997.

After retiring as a Director and Main Board member of Abbot Group at the end of July 2007 he remained on board in a part time capacity as Chairman of Bentec – the Group’s land rig building company based in Germany. He also holds a number of other non executive and advisory roles including Chairman of Ferguson Modular Ltd, Red Spider Technology Ltd, CQS Rig Finance Fund and as President of the Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce.

Mike took on the role of Non-Executive Chairman of ASCO in 2008 and is delighted to be a part of it. ASCO is a growing global company that is committed to delivering more to their clients and people, both internally and externally.

Billy Allan started his working life as an apprentice electrician in  1976 with E.J Stiell, a Lanarkshire engineering business. He  progressed through the ranks and in 1995 he became managing director of the company.

Over the next seven years he led the transformation of the business into Stiell Facilities, the leading independent facilities management business in the UK. By 2002, Stiell had sales of over £120m and employed around 1200 people. At that point Alfred McAlpine stepped in and bought the business. Billy then became managing director of  McAlpine’s business services division, which he built into a £300m operation with 2500 employees. He left McAlpine in 2005 to return to the private company sector.

Billy is married and has two young children and outside work his main interests are skiing and shooting.

Ian Ross – Finance Director

A Chartered Accountant, Ian has been with ASCO for seven years,  mainly in the role of Group Financial Controller. After an early  professional career with Ernst and Young, Ian joined the Sidlaw Group in 1990 and became group chief accountant in 1994, before leaving to join ASCO in 1999.

Ian is married with two daughters and when he’s away from the office his main interests are worrying about his two daughters and golf.

After an early career in marketing roles, Bill joined Billy Allan at Stiell in 1996. As Stiell's business development director he was responsible for transforming the company's service range, steering the company's growth into new markets, and building a brand which became the hallmark for service excellence in UK facilities management.

Soon after Alfred McAlpine's purchase of Stiell in 2002, Bill became strategy and communications director at McAlpine. He left McAlpine in 2005 to return to the private company sector.

Bill is married and cycling and travel are his main leisure pursuits

Derek started as an apprentice in 1982 with E.J. Stiell. He progressed through the business fulfilling a number of key roles and was pivotal in the transformation of the company. He was appointed to the board in 2000 as UK Operations Director where he successfully led the service delivery and business change management aspects of their out-sourced support services contracts.

Rodney is a Master Mariner with a lifetime’s experience in the marine, energy and transport industries. He joined the Ocean Group PLC in 1974 as a Mate of offshore supply vessels in its subsidiary OIL, thereafter progressing to CEO of its marine division and a main board director.

Richard Daw joined Phoenix Equity Partners in 2001. Richard spent  eight years in the corporate finance group of Dresdner Kleinwort  Benson before gaining an MBA at INSEAD.  He subsequently spent three years at British Airways.

Jim is one of Scotland’s best known and respected non-executive directors. During his career, Jim has held senior executive roles in a number of companies including GE, Howden, John Wood Group plc and Rubicon Group plc.

Hugh Lenon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross before spending 14 years as a private equity principal in the UK and then co-founding Phoenix in 2001. Hugh is Chairman of Phoenix's Investment Committee, a Director of Nationwide Autocentres, and of ASCO.