Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> October 13, 2003

Garvis Snook – Rok Property Solutions Plc (rok.l)

GARVIS SNOOK, Chief Executive of Rok property solutions plc, has 30 years' experience in the construction industry. He joined Stansell Limited in 1984 as manager of its Small Works section, and progressed to becoming Managing Director in 1995. In 1996 he was appointed a Regional Managing Director of Morgan Sindall Plc. In May 2000 he joined the Board of EBC Group Plc (now Rok property solutions plc), and became Chief Executive on June 1, 2000. Since then he has overseen the transformation of the company from a sleepy, traditional, contractor/developer to a property solutions provider. He is known for his outspoken views for modernizing the industry and was a founding Director of Somerset Training & Enterprise Council and Somerset Business Link. In his spare time he enjoys sailing, hill walking, foreign travel and spending time with his wife, Lindsey, and his five children. Profile
TWST: Can we start with a historical sketch and introduction to

Rok property solutions?

Mr. Snook: Rok property solutions originally started life in 1939

when a couple of building companies