Duncan Clegg
Non Executive Chairman (65)
A non-executive director since 1994. Appointed Chairman on 1 June 2001. Deputy Chairman of Cox Insurance Holdings PLC and Vice Chairman of the Port of London Authority. Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Paul Forman
Group Chief Executive (42)
Appointed as a director and Group Chief Executive on 30 September 2002. Previously a main board director of the Unipart Group of Companies Limited. His main responsibility was managing the European Automotive Aftermarket Division. A member of the Nomination Committee.

Kevin Higginson
Group Finance Director (48)
Kevin Higginson was, until 30 May 2006, Group Finance Director of The BSS Group PLC. Prior to joining The BSS Group PLC, he held various senior positions, including Group Chief Executive and Group Finance Director with Hazlewood Foods plc. He is also qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Steve Hannam
Senior Non-Executive Director (58)
Appointed as a non-executive director on 1 September 2002. Chairman of The Skills Market Limited and Aviagen International Group Inc and a non-executive director of AZ Electronic Materials Services Limited. Formerly non-executive director of Clariant AG and Group Chief Executive BTP Chemicals PLC. Senior Independent Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee.

Chris Littmoden
Non-executive Director (63)
Appointed as a Non-executive Director on 23 February 2005. A Chartered Accountant, he was previously a main board director of Marks & Spencer PLC for 8 years. Since leaving Marks & Spencer he has held several non-executive positions. A member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Folkert Blaisse
Non-executive Director (62)
Appointed as non-executive Director on 1 January 2007. Chairman of Colbond between 2004 and 2006 until business was acquired by Low & Bonar in July 2006. A Director of Acordis BV, Chairman of Diolen BV and Chairman of Corsadi BV. He was previously chief executive officer of Acordis from 1999 until 2006 and from 1971 held several senior roles at Akzo Nobel culminating in his appointment in 1998 as executive board member of Akzo Nobel NV. In 1999 Akzo Nobel divested Acordis. A member of the Remuneration Committee.

Martin Flower
Non-executive Director (61)
Appointed as a non-executive director on 1 January 2007. Chairman of Croda International PLC, Chairman of Alpha Airports Group plc and a non-executive director of Morgan Crucible Company PLC. Previously he was Chief Executive of Coats PLC between 2001 and 2003, a company in which he spent his entire executive career, having joined in 1968. A member of the Audit Committee.