16.10.2014

Speedy appoints new chairman

Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest equipment rental company, has appointed Jan Åstrand as its new chairman.

Åstrand, who left Lavendon at the beginning of the year, will succeed Ishbel Macpherson next month. Currently chairman of easyHotel and a non-executive director of Northgate, he recently spent four years at Lavendon, most recently as senior independent director.

Prior to that he was chairman of the CRC group and the Car Park Group AB in Stockholm and was also a senior independent director of the PHS group. From 1994 to 1999 he was chief executive of Axus International (previously known as Hertz Leasing International), and from 1989 to 1994 he was chief financial officer of Hertz (Europe).
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Jan Åstrand

Ishbel Macpherson said: “We are delighted that Jan is joining the board as chairman. Jan brings enormous experience and his focused, strategic approach will be invaluable to the board and the executive team as Speedy focuses on the delivery of sustainable profitable growth."