Board of Directors

Stephen Bird MA

Group Chief Executive, British, aged 52, appointed to the Board on 14 April 2009. He is currently a non-executive director and the senior independent director of Dialight plc. He was formerly a non-executive director of Umeco plc. Previously he was Divisional Managing Director of Weir Oil & Gas, part of Weir Group plc. Prior to this he has worked in senior roles at Danaher Corporation, Black & Decker, Unipart Group, Hepworth PLC and Technicolor Group.

Paul Hayes M.Eng & Man, ACA

Group Finance Director, British, aged 46, appointed to the Board on 13 June 2011. Previously he was Group Financial Controller at Signet Jewelers Limited. Prior to that, he held senior roles at RHM plc and Smiths Group plc. He is a Chartered accountant having qualified with Ernst & Young, and has a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Simon Beresford-Wylie BA

Non-Executive, independent, British, aged 54, appointed to the Board on 1 March 2006; Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited on 15 January 2013. Previously Chief Executive Officer of Elster Group SE, Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Siemens Networks and member of the Nokia Group Executive Board having joined the Nokia Group in 1998 from Indian mobile operator Modi Telstra (Pte. Ltd.), where he was Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that he held various management positions within Telstra’s Corporate and Government Business Unit.

Carolyn Fairbairn BA, MA and MBA

Non-Executive, independent, British, aged 52, appointed to the Board on 1 February 2012; member of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees. She is currently a non-executive director of Lloyds Banking Group plc and was previously a non-executive director of the Financial Services Authority between 2007 and 2011. Until April 2011, she was Director of Group Development and Strategy at ITV plc, having also spent five years as Director of Strategy at the BBC and a member of its Executive Board. She has also been a partner at McKinsey, where she specialised in media, and a policy adviser in the Number 10 Policy Unit. Previous non-executive roles include chair of Friends Reunited, chair of the Royal Television Society, and director of Digital UK and Freeview.

John Hughes CBE, BSc

Non-Executive, independent, British, aged 61, appointed to the Board on 11 March 2011; member of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees. He is currently Chairman of Spectris plc, Telecity Group plc and Sepura plc. He is also a director of CSG Systems International, Inc. He was previously Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Thales SA, the defence, aerospace and electronic systems group. He serves as an ambassador to the Alzheimer’s Society.

Nigel Moore FCA

Non-Executive, independent, British, aged 68, appointed to the Board on 1 March 2004; Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees. He is the Senior Independent Director. He is currently Chairman of JKX Oil & Gas plc, and a director of Hochschild Mining plc and Ascent Resources plc. Formerly a London based partner of Ernst & Young, where he was engagement partner for a number of significant client companies with specific responsibilities for their audits.

Maria Richter BA, JD

Non-Executive, independent, dual American and Panamanian, aged 58, appointed to the Board on 28 February 2007; member of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees. She is currently a director of National Grid plc and The Bessemer Group Incorporated. She is a director of Pro Mujer International and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pro Mujer UK. Previously with Morgan Stanley for nine years, most recently as Managing Director of the Corporate Finance Retail Group. Prior to that she held senior positions with Salomon Brothers, Prudential Capital Corporation and Power Funding Associates.

Jon Bolton FCIS, LLB

Group Company Secretary, British, aged 46, appointed October 2008. Previously Company Secretary of Waste Recycling Group. Prior to this he held company secretarial positions at GlaxoSmithKline, where he trained as a company secretary and Cable & Wireless where he was Deputy Company Secretary. He holds a bachelor of law degree and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.