Directors' statements

Simon Batey MA, FCA
Non-Executive Director

Aged 54. Simon joined the Board as a
non-executive director on 1 October 2003 and since 1 January 2004 he has been chairman of the Audit Committee; he also sits on the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Simon has 20 years’ experience in a number of senior finance roles in industry. Between 2000 and 2006, Simon was group finance director of United Utilities plc and, from 2006 until August 2007 he was chief financial officer of Thames Water Utilities Limited. From 1987 to 2000, he worked for AMEC plc, initially as deputy group finance director and then, from 1992, as group finance director. Simon has been a non-executive director of Telecity Group plc since October 2007 and has also served as a non-executive director of THUS Group plc.

Sir Richard Broadbent KCB
Chairman

David Martin BA, FCMA, MiMgt
Chief Executive

Steve Lonsdale BA, FCA
Group Managing Director - Finance

Steve Clayton BA, FCIT, MiMgt
Group Managing Director - Corporate Affairs

Simon Batey MA, FCA
Non-Executive Director

Steve Williams LLB
Non-Executive Director

Nick Buckles
Non-Executive Director

Veronica Palmer OBE
Non-Executive Director