John Rogers is a shareholder in and, since July 2014, Executive Director of Corporate Development with Grenadier Holdings (formerly Paragon Group). A highly experienced manager, he was previously an Executive Officer of Identiv (2008-2013), a start-up when he joined and now a NASDAQ-listed provider of secure identification technology and earlier Vice President of Strategy for Identification Technology Group, a division of Assa Abloy. Prior to that, he held the position of CEO of Sokymat (now part of HID Global), formerly the world’s largest manufacturer of RFID transponders with 600 employees in Europe and Asia. During his tenure at Sokymat (2001 – 2006), he played a leading role in the turnaround and aggressive expansion of the business through both organic growth and numerous successful technology and RFID acquisitions. Prior assignments include a number of roles with automotive components manufacturer, Delphi Automotive in the US and Germany (1994-2001).

An Irish National, John holds Bachelor in Business Studies and MA degrees from Trinity College Dublin and a European MBA from ESCP Paris. John is fluent in both French and German.

Mrs Lis ASTALL (Independent administrator): Lis Astall is a British citizen. She graduated from London School of Economics (LSE) with a BA (Hons) in French, economics and politics. She has also studied at Nice and Grenoble universities. Lis spent 27 years at Accenture carrying out diverse roles, including Managing Director for the implementation of technology development projects in the public sector in Europe, Middle-East; Africa and South America between 2006 and 2009. Before that (2003-2006), Lis was Managing Director for private and public technology development projects in Britain. During her career at Accenture, she was also on the board of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the LSE.

Now retired, Lis is a non-executive Director of diverse boards including the Standard Bank, the Joint Forces Command, the UK Sport and the Digital Jersey. She is also on the board of the Social Mobility Foundation and President of the PPR Foundation.

Shareholder and Board Member of Grenadier Holdings (formerly Paragon Group)

Mr Salmon is the Finance Director of Grenadier Holdings since 2000 and also holds several positions within the Group, including the position of Managing Director of Paragon Identification SAS. He is also the President of Service Point Solutions, a company listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange and part of Grenadier Holdings.

Following his graduation in finance from the Paris Dauphine University, he finished his training at Deloitte. He began his career in the US at Xerox Corporation in California. Following his return in Europe, he became CFO for Quebecor Worldcolor and then worked at KKR/Batteries Duracell in France.

His mandate will be two years long and should end following the shareholders' meeting during which the financial statements for the year 2020 will be reviewed. 

Dominique Durant des Aulnois joined Grenadier Holdings (formerly Paragon Group) in 1997, he is a Group shareholder and was the General Manager of the Identification Division for many years. A highly experienced manager, he has established Paragon Identification as one of the market leaders in access control for urban transport through the development of services and the “RFID” technology. He played a key role in the successful integration of newly acquired companies creating the Identification Division inside the Group. Prior to that, Dominique had managed Paragon Identification SAS, set up in 2000 as a spin-off of Paragon France, and had successfully grown the company in the French and international markets.

He started his career with the Dutch Océ Group (1984-1997), now integrated into the Canon Group in which he held managing positions in Sales and Operations, both in France and in the United Kingdom. He was specialised in large format drawing machines for the CAD-CAM market.  Dominique is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale of Lausanne, Switzerland (1983).