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Meet the Board

Peter J C Troughton
Chairman

Peter Troughton (Chairman), is Vice-Chairman of Archant Ltd and a non-executive director of a number of private companies. He is also a Director of the Waverton Funds and of JOHIM Global Funds plc. He was formerly a director of WH Smith Group plc and chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management. He was appointed to the Board in 1990 and became Chairman at the conclusion of the 2012 AGM.

Rupert G M L Barclay

Rupert Barclay ACA, is a partner of Cairneagle Associates LLP. He was formerly the director of Group Strategy at Reuters plc and Allied Domecq plc and has held non-executive positions with Macfarlane Group plc, Instinet Corporation and Dimension Data plc. He was appointed to the Board in 2000 and became the Chairman of the Audit Committee in June 2008.

Kevin Carter

Kevin Carter, is a director of Murray International Trust Plc and Legal and General Investment Management (Holdings) Ltd and is Chairman of the Investment Committee and a trustee director of the BBC Pension Scheme. He is a director of the Centrica Combined Common Investment Fund Limited and Chairman of Hermes GPE LLP. He was the Head of European Investment Practice of Watson Wyatt Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Old Mutual Asset Managers. He was appointed to the Board in October 2009.

Karl Sternberg

Karl Sternberg, is a Director of JP Morgan Income & Growth Investment Trust Plc and Chief Executive of Oxford Investment Partners Limited. He is also a director of Friends Life and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College, Oxford. He was formerly Chief Investment Officer for Deutsche Asset Management (Europe and Asia Pacific). He was appointed to the Board in January 2009.

Robert S Robertson

Robert Robertson, is a Director of BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc and a number of private companies. He was previously Chairman of West China Cement and Chief Executive of Tarmac Group and Anglo American’s Industrial Minerals division. He was appointed to the Board on 1 May 2011.

Membership Legend

Management Engagement Committee

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Audit Committee

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Nominations Committee

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