Trustees
Stephen Burgin (Chair)
Steve Burgin joined GEC in 1975 as a student apprentice, and has worked for most of his career within the electricity transmission and distribution industry. Steve has worked in management of GEC Alsthom T&D Distribution Switchgear in 1993, ABB Power T&D Ltd, and ABB HQ in Zurich and Alstom in Paris. In January 2008 Steve was appointed UK Country President of ALSTOM Ltd. He has an honours degree in Electrical Engineering and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He is married and has three daughters. He enjoys skiing, golf and keeping fit. He was appointed as Director and Chairman on the 1 April 2008. Steve has completed and passed the Pensions Regulator’s trustee’s online assessment on defined contribution plans.
Bruce Ball
Bruce is the Country Human Resources Director for UK. Bruce has also held the position of VP Compensation in the Group Compensation and
Benefits team, and prior to that was VP HR NAM Region and VP Sector C&B, both for the Transport Sector.
Bruce was appointed as a Trustee Director to the Alstom DC Plan on 1 September 2012.
Mike Atkin
Mike has extensive experience of the role of Member Nominated Director having fulfilled the role with previous employers and is now entering his second term of office with this Plan, having been re-elected in April 2011. Mike is Tendering Manager working for Boiler and Plant Solutions and is located in Ashby. Previous employers have included Aitons, International Combustion, Norwest Holst, Capper Pipeworks and Vinci and roles have embraced the complete cycle from Marketing to Final Account including General and Operations Management.
Paul Naughton
Paul is a Project Planner within Alstom Power and is primarily located in Newcastle although he has supported
Alstom offices in Stafford, Rugby, Ashby, Paris and Oslo since joining the company. He has been working for Alstom since 2005 and has
previous experience in the Customer Service and Financial industries. He is married and has a son and a daughter who take up all his spare
time. He enjoys most sport and is a committed Newcastle United fan and season ticket holder. Paul was elected and appointed as a Member-
Nominated Director of the Alstom Defined Contribution Plan on 1 November 2006. Paul has attained a Certificate in trustee knowledge and
understanding from the Pensions Management Institute and has completed and passed the Pensions Regulator’s trustee’s online assessment
on defined contribution plans. Paul was re-elected as a Member-Nominated Director trustee of the Plan in October 2009.
Phil Derges
Phil is a Contracts Manager in Alstom’s Steam Turbine Retrofit business at Rugby. He joined Alstom in March
2009 from Rolls-Royce plc. Phil has over twenty years’ experience in commercial management and general management roles in the UK,
fifteen at director level. He has worked in the marine, industrial power and aerospace sectors. He is a Solicitor and a law graduate
with a Masters degree in Business Administration. Phil has a working wife and a son. Phil is a former Director of the Midlands Aerospace
Alliance and a former member of a Regional Assembly scrutiny panel. He is currently a Trustee of the JET Charity, serving the
underprivileged Normanton district of Derby and of the National Open College Network for the East Midlands Region. Phil has recently
qualified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and holds a Pilots Licence for Microlight Aeroplanes. Phil was elected as a Member-
Nominated Director trustee of the Plan in October 2009.
Cedric Olier
In February 2010, Cedric was appointed Benefits Manager for Alstom in Switzerland after over two years as Benefits Analyst at Alstom's headquarters in France. He has previously worked for Ernst & Young in France and Luxembourg to audit and advise on retirement and other employee benefit topics. Cedric holds a degree in actuarial mathematics, is an actuary member of the French Institute of Actuaries and has successfully completed the Pensions Regulator’s online trustee assessment on defined contribution plans. Cedric was appointed as a Company Nominated Director of the Board on 15 April 2010.
