Non-executive directors

Bob is currently a non-executive director of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, Pension Insurance Corporation Holdings LLP and Crimestoppers Trust. He is also a non-executive director of Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich. Bob retired as Group Chief Executive of CGNU plc (now Aviva) in 2001, having previously held the same position with CGU plc and General Accident plc, where he had been a director since 1992. He was also chairman of the Association of British Insurers in 2000 to 2001, having been a board member for four years and he was a member of the President’s Committee of the CBI from 1998 to 2000.

Bob was appointed to the Remuneration Committee in July 2007.

Tim is a partner at Balderton Capital. Prior to joining Balderton, Tim was a Partner at Goldman Sachs where he spent 18 years. At Goldman, Tim held various roles including Global Head of Equity Capital Markets (2002 to 2005) and Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International (2005 to 2006). Tim is a Governor of Wellington College and a Trustee of the Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity. Tim holds a Master of Arts degree from Cambridge University.

Tim was appointed to the Remuneration Committee in May 2007.

John is CEO of postal company, DX Group and Chairman of Inchcape Shipping Services, both private equity-owned businesses. He is also a non-executive director of Ashley House plc, an AIM-listed company involved with the primary care sector of the NHS in the UK.

John is former Deputy Chief Executive and Group Finance Director of Exel plc, where he spent eleven years. Prior to Exel/Ocean Group plc, he spent seven years with Tomkins plc in various financial roles, having joined them after eight years with Arthur Andersen, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. John is a graduate of University College Cork.

John chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee.

Joachim is currently the owner and President of Oxnard MB LLC and advisor/consultant to a number of companies in Europe and the US.

He is the former SVP and global CMO of LexisNexis (a division of Reed Elsivier Plc.), a business information based B2B technology company. Prior to joining LexisNexis, he was Executive Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing and Service for DaimlerChrysler Motors LLC in the US. Until 1 June 2003 he was President and CEO of DaimlerChrysler UK Limited, a position he held from November 1999. He is formerly a non-executive director of a number of DaimlerChrylser owned subsidiaries. Joachim holds a Master of Arts degree from the Academy for Administration and Economics in Stuttgart, Germany and an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business.

Joachim Eberhardt is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee.

Richard Hooper is Chairman of AIM-listed Artilium plc and Senior Independent Director of VocaLink Holdings Ltd, a privately owned company. He is currently Chair of the Independent Review of the Postal Services Sector for Secretary of State John Hutton.

Until May 2007, Richard was the Chairman of Informa plc and spent nine years on the Board. From 2002 to 2005 he was deputy Chairman of Ofcom and Chairman of its Content Board. From 2000 to 2004 he was Chairman of the Radio Authority. Previous directorships include MAI plc, United News & Media, Superscape plc and IMS Group plc.

Richard Hooper was appointed to the Audit Committee in May 2007.

Lyndon Lea is a founding partner of Lion Capital and is responsible for its management. Prior to founding Lion Capital in 2004 he was a partner of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst whose European business he co-founded in 1998. Previously, he served at Glenisla, the European affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Prior to that, he was an investment banker with Schroders in London and also in the mergers and acquisitions department of Goldman Sachs in New York. He received his BA from the University of Western Ontario, Canada in 1990.

Lyndon currently serves on the boards of Harry Winston Diamond Corporation which is listed in Toronto, Weetabix Limited, Wagamama Group Limited, La Senza Ltd, Kettle Foods Group, American Safety Razor Company and Vaasan & Vaasan.

Lyndon Lea chairs the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Lord Powell is Chairman of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) in the UK, as well as of Capital Generation Partners & Magna Holdings. He is a director of a number of international companies including Caterpillar, Textron, LVMH, Schindler Group, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Hong Kong Land Holdings and Northern Trust Global Services. He also serves on numerous Advisory Boards.

He is Chairman of the Saïd Business School Foundation, Chairman of Atlantic Partnership and a Trustee of the British Museum. He is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords and Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship.

Lord Powell is our Senior Independent Director and is a member of the Audit Committee.