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After university, Roger spent his executive career in his family’s business, pipeline products distributor Oliver Ashworth. He was Managing Director for eighteen years, leading the business through dramatic growth (£1m to £100m turnover), main market listing, and ultimate sale to St Gobain. Thereafter he took on Chairman or Non-executive roles in private-equity backed and listed businesses in a variety of sectors: engineering, manufacturing, waste management, renewable energy, financial services, IT, and telecoms.

Roger currently serves as Chairman of Avingtrans plc, Flowtech Fluidpower plc, and Brand Architekts Group plc. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Tribal Group plc, Proteome Sciences plc, Augean plc, and British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc.