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Board of Directors

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A - Member of Audit committee
F - Member of the Finance committee
N - Member of Nominations committee
R - Member of Remuneration committee

  Committee Memberships
  Profiles Shareholdings Remuneration A F N R

Peter Johnson

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Peter Johnson
Chairman
Became chairman on 1 March 2007. Aged 59.
Peter is Chairman of Inchcape plc, having been Group Chief Executive from 1999 until 2005. He is a non-executive director of Bunzl plc, a director and Chairman of Automotive Skills Limited and a Vice President of The Institute of the Motor Industry. He was previously Sales and Marketing Director of the Rover Group, Chief Executive of the Marshall Group and a non-executive director of Wates Group Limited.

Ian Burke

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Ian Burke
Chief Executive
Appointed Chief Executive in March 2006. Aged 50.
Ian was formerly Chief Executive of Holmes Place Health and Fitness Limited. Before joining Holmes Place he was Chief Executive of Thistle Hotels plc. He has also held the position of Managing Director of Gala Clubs, the bingo operator. Ian is a director of Business in Sport and Leisure Limited.

Peter Gill

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Peter Gill
Finance Director
Appointed Group Finance Director on 11th July 2005. Aged 51.
Peter was formerly Group Finance Director of Xansa plc, prior to which he was with Pearson plc, initially as Director of Financial Operations and then as Chief Financial Officer of the Penguin Group, its consumer books division. Peter is a Chartered Accountant.

Richard Greenhalgh

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Richard Greenhalgh
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed in April 2004, Aged 62.
Richard worked for Unilever for over 30 years and was Deputy Director of Personnel for Unilever Plc before becoming Chairman of Unilever UK from 1998 until 2004. He is Chairman of The Council for Industry and Higher Education, CARE International UK, First Milk, and Chairman of the UK advisory board of a US listed outsourcing company, OPI. Richard is also Vice Chairman of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

Bill Shannon

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Bill Shannon
Non-Executive Director
Appointed in April 2006. Age 57.
Bill is Chairman of Aegon UK and Gaucho Grill restaurant group and he is also a non-executive director of Barratt Developments plc and Matalan plc. Previously he was an executive director of Whitbread PLC.

John Warren

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John Warren
Non-Executive Director
Appointed in January 2006. Aged 53.
John was previously Group Finance Director of WH Smith PLC and United Biscuits plc and a non-executive director of RAC plc and Rexam plc. Currently, he holds non-executive directorships at Arla Foods UK plc, Bovis Homes Group plc, BPP Holdings plc and Spectris Plc.




Pamela Coles

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Pamela Coles
Company Secretary
The Company Secretary is Pamela Coles.

Paddy Gallagher


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Paddy Gallagher
Chief Financial Officer
Paddy Gallagher is currently Chief Financial Officer at Quadriga, the provider of entertainment and internet services to the hotel industry. Prior to joining Quadriga in November 2005, Paddy held a number of senior finance roles in the Dell Corporation, Wang Inc. and Sun Microsystems. Paddy qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.