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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
Appointed: 1 March 2007
Age: 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: March 2006
Age: 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.

Paddy Gallagher

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Paddy Gallagher
Finance Director
Appointed: June 2008
Age: 44
Paddy was formerly chief financial officer of Quadriga Worldwide Limited and has also held a number of senior finance roles at the Dell Corporation, Wang Laboratories Inc and Sun Microsystems Inc. Paddy is a chartered accountant.

Richard Greenhalgh

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Richard Greenhalgh
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: April 2004
Age: 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: 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: January 2006
Age: 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.

Owen O'Donnell

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Owen O'Donnell
Non-Executive director
Appointed:11 September 2008
Age: 41
Owen O'Donnell is currently chief financial officer of Joost, the online media company. His previous appointments include chief financial officer of the online gaming companies Betfair and King.com. Prior to these roles Owen was director of finance performance management at Pearson plc and finance director of FT.com and Extel.

Frances Bingham

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Frances Bingham
Company Secretary
The company secretary is Frances Bingham.