Chairman, non-executive, British, aged 63, appointed to the Board on 14 June 2004, became Chairman on 1 November 2004; Chairman of the Nominations Committee. Currently non-executive director of Ricardo plc, Umeco plc, BBA Group plc and Hamilton, Bermuda–Catlin Group Ltd. Formerly Chief Executive of Kidde plc and held senior roles with Vickers plc.

Chief Executive, British, aged 46, appointed to the Board on 23 November 2001. Previously Regional Managing Director, Central Europe, of BPB plc. Prior to this he held senior management positions with Rexam plc, responsible for their European film coating business and for NFI Electronics. Following initial training in IT at STC, he joined Lucas in a production management role before studying for his MBA at INSEAD. He is a chartered mechanical and electrical engineer.

Finance Director, British, aged 54, appointed to the Board on 14 May 2002. Previously he held senior finance positions within GKN plc over a period of 11 years, including Finance Director of GKN Aerospace Division and Head of Corporate Finance for the group. Prior to that he was a management consultant with Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte, specialising in the industry and commerce sector.

Non-executive, independent, British, aged 50, appointed to the Board on 1 March 2006; member of the Audit Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Currently CEO of Networks at Nokia Siemens having joined in 1998 from Indian mobile operator Modi Telstra (Pte. Ltd.) where he was Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that he held various management positions within Telstra’s Corporate and Government Business Unit.

Non-executive, independent, British, aged 64, appointed to the Board on 1 March 2004; Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Nominations Committee and of the Remuneration Committee. Formerly a London based partner of Ernst & Young. Currently Chairman of The TEG Group plc, a director of IntelligentComms Ltd, Ascent Resources plc, Hochschild Mining plc and Production Services Network Ltd and a Trustee of the Butten Trust.

Non-executive, independent, dual American and Panamanian, aged 53, appointed to the Board on 28 February 2007; member of the Audit Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Currently a director of Pro Mujer International, a non-executive director of The Pantry Inc and National Grid plc and on the Private Equity Advisory Board of Republic Financial Corporation. Previously with Morgan Stanley for nine years, most recently as Managing Director of the Corporate Finance Retail Group. Prior to that she held senior positions with Salomon Brothers, Prudential Capital Corporation and Power Funding Associates.

Non-executive, independent, British, aged 66, appointed to the Board on 10 June 2002; Senior Independent Director; member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Currently Chairman of Human Capital Ltd and director of Racing UK Ltd, Racing UK Group Ltd, Racing UK Holdings Ltd, Racecourse Media Services Ltd and SSVC (Services Sound and Vision Corporation). Formerly Chief Executive, BBC Broadcast. Other posts within the BBC included Managing Director of Network Television.

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