1 Donald Brydon, CBE

Chairman †#

Aged 64. British. Donald Brydon was appointed to the Board in April 2004, becoming Chairman in September 2004. He is Chairman of the London Metal Exchange and of Royal Mail Holdings plc. He had a 20-year career with Barclays Group, during which time he was Chairman and Chief Executive of BZW Investment Management, followed by 10 years with the AXA Group. He was also formerly Chairman of Amersham plc and a Director of Allied Domecq plc and Scottish Power plc. He is Chairman of the David Rattray Memorial Trust (UK).

Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

2 Philip Bowman

Chief Executive

Aged 56. Australian. Philip Bowman was appointed Chief Executive in December 2007. He previously held the positions of Chief Executive at Scottish Power from early 2006 until mid 2007 and Chief Executive at Allied Domecq between 1999 and 2005. He is currently the senior independent director of Burberry Group plc. Past board appointments include British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, Scottish & Newcastle Group plc and Coles Myer Limited as well as Chairman of Liberty plc and Coral Eurobet plc. His earlier career includes five years as a director of Bass plc (now Mitchells & Butler plc and Intercontinental Hotel Group plc), where he held the roles of Chief Financial Officer and subsequently Chief Executive of Bass Taverns.

3 John Langston

Finance Director

Aged 59. British. John Langston was appointed to the Board in December 2000 on the Company’s merger with TI Group plc. A chartered accountant, he was appointed Finance Director in September 2006. He previously held positions as Group Managing Director of Sealing Solutions, Group Managing Director of Detection and Group Managing Director of Specialty Engineering. He joined TI Group in 1993, becoming Chief Executive of Bundy Automotive in 1996 and Chief Executive of TI Specialty Polymer Products in 1998. He was appointed a director of TI Group plc in October 1998. He formerly worked for Lucas Industries. He is a non-executive director at Rexam plc.

4 David Challen, CBE

Non-executive director *#†

Aged 66. British. David Challen was appointed to the Board in September 2004. He is Vice-Chairman of Citigroup European Investment Bank and former Chairman of J Henry Schroder & Co Ltd. He is senior independent director at Anglo American plc. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Takeover Panel.

Chairman of the Audit Committee.

5 Stuart Chambers

Non-executive director *#†

Aged 53. British. Stuart Chambers was appointed to the Board in November 2006. He was formerly Chief Executive of Pilkington plc and then Group Chief Executive of Nippon Sheet Glass until August 2009. Prior to joining Pilkington plc in 1996, he spent ten years at Mars Corporation, latterly as Vice President, Sales & Marketing – Mars Electronics International. A chemical engineer by training, he previously spent ten years at Shell in a variety of European roles.

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

6 Peter Jackson

Non-executive director *#†

Aged 62. British. Peter Jackson was appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in December 2003 and as senior independent director in September 2004. He was formerly Chief Executive of Associated British Foods plc and Chairman of Kingfisher plc. He is chair of the Disabilities Trust.

Senior independent director.

7 Anne Quinn, CBE

Non-executive director *#†

Aged 58. New Zealander. Anne Quinn was appointed to the Board as a non executive director in August 2009. She worked for BP in the UK, USA, Belgium and Colombia and held a number of positions, including Group Vice President of Gas and Natural Gas Liquids. She has also been a managing director of the energy private equity group, Riverstone LLP. She was a non executive director of BOC and is currently a non executive director of Mondi plc. She also serves on the President's Advisory Committee to the Sloan School, MIT.

8 Sir Kevin Tebbit, KCB, CMG

Non-executive director *#†

Aged 62. British. Sir Kevin Tebbit was appointed to the Board in June 2006. He served widely in policy, management and finance posts in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, NATO and finally the Ministry of Defence, where he was Permanent Under-Secretary of State from July 1998 to his retirement in November 2005. He is Chairman of Finmeccanica UK and an adviser to JCB Limited. He is Chairman of the Defence Advisory Group to the UKTI Defence and Security Organisation. He is also Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, University of London and Chairman of the Lifeboat Fund.