
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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