Age: 68 · Location: UK · Frame: operating partner / portfolio coach · Judge tier: 1b · Judge Focus-44 rank: 15
COO Judges Scientific plc (off plc board May-2025; director of 29 subsidiaries; 'retire completely by Sep-2026')
_Company: Judges Scientific plc (retiring)._
15 years Halma (MD Keeler + ran divisions of 15 companies) then COO Judges Scientific over 25 niche businesses to £145.8m revenue / £28m operating profit.
15 years Halma (MD Keeler, ran divisions of 15 companies) then COO of Judges Scientific over 25 niche businesses to £145.8m rev / £28m op profit — the decentralised-operations craft the model depends on.
INSITE l4-judges-scientific.md ev 5007: Mark = ex-Halma per corpus (3 of 4 shortlisted Judges COO candidates came from Halma pipeline). Confirms dual L4 fluency (Halma + Judges). Age 68 = chair/founding-partner window not full CEO.
RETIRING_OR_NED_DRIFT
Outreach window: APPROACH NOW for bounded operating-partner-coach role
Judges Scientific alumni post formal retirement; explicit bounded role framing.
operating partner / portfolio coach · Judges/Halma-shape · L4 bracket DEEP · L1=3 L2=4 L4=5 L5=3 L6=3
Path to seat: compounder_coo
Data gap: 'Retire completely' statement is strong — appetite for even a bounded role uncertain.