Strategic Report
Governance
Financial
Larry Hirst CBE
David Jenkins
Non-Executive Director
Senior Independent Director
Member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees
Chairman of the Audit Committee Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees
Independent Larry was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 February 2010. Until his retirement from IBM in 2010, Larry was Chairman of IBM (EMEA) where he held a number of senior positions during his 33 year career with IBM. Larry is a Non-Executive Director of ARM Holdings plc and is also the Chairman of the Imperial College Data Science Institute Advisory Board. His community interests include acting as an Ambassador to Everywoman, International Adviser to British Airways and a Global Ambassador to Monitise plc.
Independent
Crawford Gillies
Jack Boyer
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee Member of the Audit and Nomination Committees
Member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees
Independent
Jack was appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Board on 1 June 2013. He is Chairman of Ilika plc and iQur Ltd and a Non-Executive Director of Laird PLC where he chairs the Remuneration Committee. He also sits on the board of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. A serial entrepreneur, he previously founded and was CEO of companies in engineering, telecommunications and biotechnology. He has been an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and strategy consultant at Bain & Co. He is Deputy Chairman of Godolphin & Latymer School. Educated at Stanford University (BA), the London School of Economics (MSc) and Insead (MBA).
Crawford was appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Board in July 2012 and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee with effect from 1 November 2013. Crawford spent 25 years with Bain & Co., the international management consultants, where he was Managing Director Europe. He is also the Chairman of Scottish Enterprise and Control Risks Group, and a non-executive director of Standard Life plc. He was recently appointed to the board of Barclays plc and is also a member of the Advisory board of the School for CEOs.
David was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in March 2006 and is currently the Senior Independent Director. David was previously a senior partner with Deloitte LLP in London having spent over 20 years in Assurance and Advisory Services. David is Chairman of Development Securities PLC and a Non-Executive Director of Renewable Energy Systems Holdings Limited.
Independent
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