Committee membership : Nomination Committee Remuneration Committee

John Nelson, a Chartered Accountant, was appointed  Chairman in 2005 and is a member of the Remuneration  Committee and Chairman of the Nomination Committee.  He is the senior independent non-executive director of Kingfisher plc, a director of Cazenove Group Limited and J P Morgan Cazenove Holdings and senior advisor to Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP.