Gareth Davis, Chairman (a),(c),(d)
Appointed to the Board on 1 June 2010 as a non-Executive Director. He became Chairman of the Board on 4 January 2012 and is Chairman of the Nomination Committee. He was previously Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He is Chairman of both William Hill PLC and Wolseley plc. He was previously Group Chief Executive of Imperial Tobacco Group PLC. Age 61.
Miles Roberts, Group Chief Executive (b),(c)
Appointed to the Board on 4 May 2010 as Group Chief Executive. He was previously Chief Executive of McBride plc from July 2005 until April 2010 having originally joined as its Group Finance Director in January 2002. He was a non-Executive Director of Care UK plc until May 2010. Age 47.
Steve Dryden, Group Finance Director (b)
Appointed to the Board on 1 April 2008 as Group Finance Director. He is a non-Executive Director of Fiberweb plc. He previously held the position of Finance Director of Filtrona plc following its demerger from Bunzl plc in 2005. Prior to that he was divisional Finance Director of the Filtrona businesses and held other senior finance positions within Bunzl plc. He began his career at Price Waterhouse and has also held various finance roles within Rolls-Royce plc. Age 43.
Christopher Bunker, Senior Independent Director (a),(c),(d),(e)
Appointed to the Board on 9 December 2003 as a non-Executive Director. He is the Senior Independent Director and is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He was previously Group Finance Director of Thames Water Plc, Tarmac Plc and Westland Group Plc. He is a non-Executive Director of Travis Perkins plc and was a non-Executive Director of Mowlem Plc, Baltimore Technologies plc and Xansa plc. Age 65.
Philippe Mellier, (a),(c),(d),(e)
Appointed to the Board on 7 September 2006 as a non-Executive Director. He is Group Chief Executive Officer of De Beers Group. He was President of Alstom Transport and an Executive Vice-President of Alstom Group, was previously Chairman and CEO of Renault Trucks and a Member of the Executive Committee of AB Volvo, and prior to that held senior management positions with Renault S.A. and Ford Motor Company. Age 55.
Jonathan Nicholls, (a),(c),(d),(e)
Appointed to the Board on 1 December 2009 as a non-Executive Director and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. He was previously Group Finance Director of Hanson Plc and, most recently, Group Finance Director of Old Mutual Plc. He is a non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Great Portland Estates plc and SIG plc and was a non-Executive Director of Man Group Plc. Age 54.
Matt Jowett, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Appointed Group General Counsel and Company Secretary on 21 June 2011. He was previously Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of VT Group plc and prior to that he was Group General Counsel of RMC Group plc. He began his career at law firm Linklaters. Age 44.
(a) - non-Executive Director
(b) - member of General Purposes Committee
(c) - member of Nomination Committee
(d) - member of Remuneration Committee
(e) - member of Audit Committee