Stephen Bird MA
 
Stephen Bird

Chief Executive, British, aged 48, appointed to the Board on 14 April 2009. Previously he was Divisional Managing Director of Weir Oil & Gas, part of Weir plc, since 2005. Prior to this he has worked in senior roles at Danaher Corporation, Black & Decker, Unipart Group, Hepworth PLC and Technicolor Group. He is a non-executive director of Umeco plc and is a graduate of St John’s College, Cambridge.

 
Michael Harper BSc Eng, MSc
N
 
Michael Harper

Chairman, non-executive, British, aged 64, appointed to the Board on 14 June 2004, became Chairman on 1 November 2004; Chairman of the Nominations Committee. Currently Chairman of BBA Aviation plc and a non-executive director of Ricardo plc and Catlin Group Limited.

 
 
Richard Cotton BA, FCMA
 
Richard Cotton

Finance Director, British, aged 48, appointed to the Board on 3 November 2008. Previously Group Finance Director of Wagon plc. Prior to this held senior positions with SPX Air Treatment Holdings plc (Formerly, McLeod Russel Holdings plc), served as Planning Director of Alcoa Europe, divisional Finance Director of British Aluminium and worked with BTR PLC, JFP Products and Thomson CSF.

 
 
Simon Beresford-Wylie BA
A, N, R
 
Simon Beresford-Wylie

Non-executive, independent, British, aged 51, appointed to the Board on 1 March 2006; member of the Audit Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Currently CEO 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.

 
 
Nigel Moore FCA
A, N, R
 
Nigel Moore

Non-executive, independent, British, aged 65, appointed to the Board on 1 March 2004; Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Nominations Committee and of the Remuneration Committee. Currently Chairman of The TEG Group plc, a director of IntelligentComms Ltd, Ascent Resources plc, Hochschild Mining plc, JKX Oil & Gas plc and Production Services Network Ltd. Formerly a London based partner of Ernst & Young.

 
 
Maria Richter BA, JD
A, N, R
 
Maria Richter

Non-executive, independent, dual American and Panamanian, aged 54, appointed to the Board on 28 February 2007; member of the Audit Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Currently a non-executive director of National Grid plc, The Pantry Inc and The Bessemer Group Incorporated. Ms Richter is a director of Pro Mujer International, Chairman of Pro Mujer UK and on the Private Equity Advisory Board of Republic Financial Corporation. 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.

 
 
Will Wyatt CBE, BA
A, N, R
 
Will Wyatt

Non-executive, independent, British, aged 67, appointed to the Board on 10 June 2002; Senior Independent Director; member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Chairman of Racecourse Media Group Ltd and Racecourse Media Services Ltd and a director of Amalgamated Racing Ltd. He is Chairman of the Teaching Awards Trust and a trustee of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation. Formerly Chief Executive, BBC Broadcast. Other posts within the BBC included Managing Director of Network Television.

 
 
Jon Bolton FCIS, LLB
 

Secretary

 
Key:
A - Member of the Audit Committee
N - Member of the Nominations Committee
R - Member of the Remuneration Committee