Mr. Landless was the Group Finance Director for Bodycote plc, a U.K. listed company, which provides thermal processing services globally for a wide range of industries including aerospace, automotive, oil and gas and construction, for over 17 years until December 2016. From March 2013 to June 2022, he was a Non-Executive Director for Luxfer Holdings plc; a NYSE listed global materials technology company, and was their Audit Committee Chair until May 2019, when he was appointed Chairman of the Board, which role he relinquished in March 2022. In January 2017, he was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Renold plc, a U.K. listed global manufacturer of specialist industrial chain and machinery transmissions and also was a member of and chaired their Audit Committee until August 2021, from which date he became Chairman of the Board. He retired from the Board of Renold plc on its sale and delisting in October 2025. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Ausurus Group Ltd the holding company of European Metal Recycling (EMR), a large private scrap metal recycling company and was appointed to this role in June 2017. Mr. Landless's early career includes fourteen years with Courtaulds plc, where he held a number of finance roles, ultimately serving as the Finance Director of Courtaulds Coatings (Holdings) Limited from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Landless is a Chartered Management Accountant and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in the U.K.