Board of Directors

Clay Brendish CBE

Non-Executive Chairman

Clay, 65, was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman in October 2005. Prior to his retirement in May 2001, he was Executive Deputy Chairman of CMG (now part of Logica), having joined the Board when it acquired Admiral plc, the software services company he co-founded in 1979.

Clay is also Non-Executive Chairman of SThree plc and is also a member of the Administrative Board of Elster Group SE. He is a trustee of Economist Newspapers Limited and Chairman of The Test and Itchen Association Limited.

Christopher Humphrey

Chief Executive

Christopher, 55, joined the Board in February 2003 as Group Finance Director and was appointed Chief Executive of the Company on 31 December 2008. He has held senior positions in finance at Conoco, Eurotherm International plc and Critchley Group plc.

Richard Amos

Group Finance Director & Company Secretary

Richard, 45, was appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director on 2 November 2009, assuming the additional responsibility of Company Secretary on 17 February 2010. He was previously Group Finance Director at Agilisys Holdings Limited, a private IT services company, and Group Finance Director and Company Secretary at two listed technology groups, Retail Decisions plc and VEGA Group plc.

David Hurst-Brown

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

David, 63, joined the Board on 23 August 2004, becoming Senior Independent Director in December 2009. Following a career in the investment banking industry, David has been acting as a Non-Executive Director for a variety of public and private companies. He is the Chairman of the Board of Foresight Solar VCT plc and a Director of Imagination Technologies Group plc and FFastFill plc. David is a Fellow of the Securities Institute.

Nigel Clifford

Non-Executive Director

Nigel, 53, joined the Board on 1 April 2009. He has wide experience across a number of sectors, including the wireless telecoms and software sectors. He is currently CEO of ProcServe Limited, and was previously CEO at Micro Focus International plc, Symbian Limited and Tertio Telecoms Limited, and Senior Vice President, Service Delivery at Cable & Wireless.

Paul Taylor

Non-Executive Director

Paul, 47, was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 5 October 2009 and became Chairman of the Audit Committee in December 2009. He is also Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Ubisense plc and Escher Group Holdings plc and Non-Executive Director of Digital Barriers plc. From March 2001 until January 2011, Paul was Group Finance Director with AVEVA Group plc. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.