Board of Directors

The Board's main roles are to create value for shareholders, to lead the Group, to approve the Group's strategic objectives, and to ensure that the appropriate financial and other resources, as required, are made available to enable the Group to meet set objectives. All Directors have a wide range of experience and skills, bringing independent judgment to bear on issues of strategy, performance, resources, and standards of conduct.

• Sir David Reid
  Chairman

  Appointed to the Board in December 2011 and became Chairman in January 2012. Sir David Reid retired as Non-executive Chairman of Tesco PLC in November 2011 after serving in that role since April 2004. Prior to that he was Deputy Chairman of Tesco PLC and had served on the Tesco Board since 1985. David is the Senior Non-executive Director of Reed Elsevier Group PLC and Chairman of the charity Whizz-Kidz. He was formerly Chairman of Kwik-Fit Group Ltd, Non-Executive Director at Greenalls Group plc (now De Vere Group), Legal & General Group Plc and Westbury plc. In November 2010 David was appointed one of Prime Minister David Cameron's Business Ambassadors. David is Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

  
   

• Wolfhart Hauser
  Chief Executive Officer

  Appointed to the Board as Chief Executive Officer in March 2005 after serving as a Non-Executive Director since November 2002. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of TÜV Product Services for 10 years and Chief Executive Officer and President of TÜV Süddeutschland AG from 1998 to 2002. Starting his career as a scientist in pharmacology and ergonomics, he established and led a broad range of successful international service industry businesses for over 30 years. He is also currently a Non-Executive Director of Logica plc.

  
   

• Lloyd Pitchford
  Chief Financial Officer

  Appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer in April 2010. He previously spent 11 years with BG Group plc in various operational and corporate finance roles in the UK and Middle East; including five years as Group Financial Controller. He previously worked for Mobil Oil Corporation in various financial, commercial and management roles. Lloyd is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and holds an MBA from Herriot-Watt University.

  
   

• Christopher Knight
   Non-Executive Director

  Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in March 2006. He was an investment banker for nearly 30 years, for much of that time with Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Bank, of which he was a managing director until 2001. He is a Chartered Accountant and has extensive corporate finance experience gained during his banking career in London, New York and Hong Kong. He is Chairman of Brooks Macdonald Group plc. Christopher is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk and Nominations Committee.

  
   

• Edward Astle
  Non-Executive Director

  Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in September 2009. He is currently Pro Rector Enterprise at Imperial College London where he oversees the university's relationships with industry, and leads business development opportunities in the UK and internationally. Edward was Executive Director of National Grid plc from 2001 to 2008, a Managing Director at the BICC Group from 1997 to 1999 and an Executive and Regional Director at Cable & Wireless plc from 1989 to 1997. Previously he held senior business strategy positions in the UK and France. Edward is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee.

  
   

• Alan Brown
  Non-Executive Director

  Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2011. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Rentokil Initial plc, a position he has held since April 2008. Alan spent 25 years at Unilever PLC where he rose through a variety of finance roles in the UK and Europe and then general management in Taiwan and China. His last four years were as Executive Chairman of Unilever China. Following this, Alan returned to the UK as Chief Financial Officer at Imperial Chemical Industries PLC taking a leading role in the divestment of the Company. Alan is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

  
   

• Michael Wareing
  Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

  Appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2011. He has major international and board level knowledge gained during an extensive global career up to senior partner level at KPMG. His last position at KPMG was as International Chief Executive Officer, a position he occupied for four years. He is currently a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman at Wolseley plc, a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman at Cobham plc and is Chairman of the Iraq Advisory Board for G4S plc. He was appointed as the Economic Development Adviser to the Government of Afghanistan in August 2011. Michael is Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee.