Non-executive Directors

Adrian Auer, BA, MBA, ACT | Chairman

Adrian joined the Board in 2005 and was appointed Chairman in July 2006. He chairs the Nomination Committee and is also a member of the Remuneration Committee. Adrian is also Chairman of Readymix plc and a Non-executive Director of Filtrona plc. Previously he has held the position of Finance Director in a number of major companies, notably in the building materials and construction sectors, as well as senior finance positions with BP and ICI. He is also Chairman of Addaction, Britain’s largest specialist drug and alcohol treatment charity. Adrian will be standing for re-election at the forthcoming AGM and is considered by the Board to be independent.

Stephen Riley, B Eng, PhD | Non-executive Director

Stephen was appointed to the Board in March 2007 and is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees. He is currently an Executive Director with International Power plc having joined that business in 1985. Stephen has extensive operational experience in the power industry having held senior positions in the UK and Australia. Stephen will be standing for re-election at the forthcoming AGM and is considered by the Board to be independent.

Peter Johnson, BA, ACA | Non-executive Director

Peter joined the Board in May 2005 and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and also sits on the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. Peter is a chartered accountant and a Non-executive Director of Oriel Securities Limited. He was Finance Director of Taylor Wimpey plc from 2002 until October 2008. Previously he has held a number of senior positions in the Financial Services sector including those of Group Finance Director of Henderson plc, Chief Financial Officer for Pearl Assurance and Finance Director of Norwich Union Life. Peter will be standing for re-election at the forthcoming AGM and is considered by the Board to be independent. Peter will be standing for re-election at the forthcoming AGM and is considered by the Board to be independent.

Eric van Amerongen | Senior Independent Director

Eric was appointed to the Board in February 2007 and sits on the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees. In July 2007 he was appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Senior Independent Director. He was until January 2008 a Non-executive Director of Corus Group plc, a position he held for seven years. Eric has wide ranging European business experience and holds a number of Non-executive and advisory positions. Eric will be standing for re-election at the forthcoming AGM and is considered by the Board to be independent.

Executive Directors

Tom Drury, MA | Group Chief Executive

Tom joined the Company as Group Chief Executive Designate in September 2007 and was appointed Group Chief Executive in October of that year. Following an early career with Unilever and PricewaterhouseCoopers he went on to a distinguished career with United Utilities plc, being appointed a main Board Director in 2005. In 1996 he was appointed Managing Director of a new commercial enterprise, Vertex, which grew to become the second largest firm in the UK’s business process outsourcing sector until the sale of that business in March 2007 to US private equity.

Chris Surch, B.Com (ACC), ACA | Group Finance Director

Chris joined the Board in May 2009 as Group Finance Director. Following an early career with PricewaterhouseCoopers he joined TI Group plc in 1995 where he held a number of audit and finance roles. Following the merger of TI Group with Smiths Group plc in December 2000 he went on to hold further senior finance roles, most recently as Finance Director of their Specialty Engineering division. Chris will be standing for election at the forthcoming AGM.