Bill Spencer

Bill was appointed to the Board of The Royal Mint as a Non-Executive Director on 18 May 2020. He is currently also a Non-Executive Director and the Audit Committee Chairman at Ricardo plc. Bill began his non-executive career more than ten years ago and has wide-ranging experience, having been the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman at Northgate plc and Exova plc. He was also previously a Non-Executive Director and the Audit Committee Chairman of UK Mail Group plc and was a Non-Executive Finance Committee Member at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. A significant part of Bill’s executive career was spent at Intertek Group plc, a FTSE 100 company, where he was the Chief financial Officer for 15 years. Prior to that he held a number of senior financial positions in the manufacturing, technology and utilities sectors. Bill has a BSc from the University of Manchester, is a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.