Brendan Connolly

Mr. Connolly holds a BSc in Business Economics and Sociology from Southampton University and has significant experience and knowledge of the Testing, Inspection and Certification sector.

His career started at Schlumberger, where he worked for 24 years holding diverse managerial positions in both operations and finance and in many regions, including Europe, Latin America, USA, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He was CEO of Atos Origin UK, America and Asia and CEO of Moody International, which was acquired by Intertek Group plc in 2011. At Intertek, he was appointed VP Middle East, Russia, FSU and Eastern Europe.

His Non-Executive Director career started at Cape Plc , where he served as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Member of the Audit and Nomination Committee. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at Synthomer PLC where he is the Senior Independent Director, Sparrows Offshore Group Ltd, NES Global Talent, Victrex Plc and PEPCO GROUP NV.

He was appointed as Director of Applus+ on 17 November 2021.