Board of Directors

Board of Directors

John W Newman

John W Newman

Executive Chairman
Chairman of the Nominations Committee

Appointed to the Board in 1986. A Chartered Accountant who is also Chairman of the Newship group of companies.

Geraint Anderson

Geraint Anderson

Chief Executive
Chairman of the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee

Appointed to the Board on 4 August 2008. Previously Vice President and General Manager of the Worldwide Service Provider Organisation for Linksys, a Division of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Shatish D Dasani ACA

Shatish D Dasani ACA

Finance Director
Member of the Corporate Governance Committee

Appointed to the Board on 1 August 2008. A chartered accountant, previously with De La Rue plc.

James W Armstrong

James W Armstrong

Corporate Development Director
Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee

Appointed to the Board in 1998. A Chartered Accountant previously with Newship Group Limited. Joined TT electronics plc in 1988.

David S Crowther

David S Crowther

Senior Independent Non-executive Director
Chairman of the Audit and Remuneration Committees and
member of the Nominations Committee

Appointed to the Board in 2005. A Chartered Accountant who was a senior partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Member of the Professional Oversight Board, a part of the Financial Reporting Council, and a non-executive Board Member and chairman of the Audit Committee of the Treasury Solicitor’s Department.

David E A Crowe

David E A Crowe

Non-executive Director
Member of the Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee

Appointed to the Board in 1993. Served as an executive Director to 30 April 2000 since when he has been a non-executive Director. Previously a senior partner of a City firm of solicitors.

John C Shakeshaft

John C Shakeshaft

Independent Non-executive Director
Member of the Audit, Remuneration, Nominations and Corporate Governance Committees

Appointed to the Board on 19 July 2007. Currently chairman of Ludgate Environmental Fund Limited; investment director, Corestone, AG and a director of Tele2 AB, Questair Technologies Inc, TEB, NV and D. Carnegie & Co AB. Also an external member of the Audit Committee of Cambridge University. Previously a corporate financier with Barings, Lazard and ABN AMRO.

Sean M Watson

Sean M Watson

Independent Non-executive Director
Member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees

Appointed to the Board on 14 November 2007. A solicitor and senior corporate finance partner at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP and a non-executive Director of Informa plc.

Wendy J Sharp ACA

Wendy J Sharp ACA

Group Company Secretary
Member of the Corporate Governance and Corporate and Social Responsibility Committees