David R Walton Masters, Executive Chairman.
He joined the Board in June 2006 as a Non-executive Director and was appointed Executive Chairman in August 2008. He has an extensive City and international investment management background, including Managing Partner at Phillips & Drew where he headed the International Department, Chief Executive, County NatWest Securities and Chairman, Morning Star Investment Management Ltd, Hong Kong. He has been a Director of a number of other publicly quoted and private companies. He is currently Deputy Chairman of Laura Ashley Plc, Chairman of Newland Financial Group Plc and a Director of Avid Holdings Plc and InvestSelect Plc.

John Greenhalgh, MIPR, Non Executive Director.
He founded City of London PR in the 1970s, after an earlier career in financial and general journalism on three national newspapers. Before setting up City of London PR, he created the financial public relations division of the Exchange Telegraph Company, the UK news wire service now merged with Thomson Financial and Reuters. He was Chairman and Managing Director of the Group on its admission to the London Stock Exchange in 1988 and served in these roles for twenty years until August 2008.

Henry Lafferty, Non Executive Director.
He was appointed to the Board in June 2007. He is the Senior Independent Director and also Chairman of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committtees. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, he has experience in all aspects of corporate finance and financial management. After working for Doulton Glass in the 1970s, he spent fourteen years in senior positions at National Freight Corporation, six years as Group Finance Director of Jarvis Plc during its succesful expansionary growth phase and three years as Chief Executive of PatientFirst Partnerships (now Care Capital Ltd). He is currently an Executive Director (part time) of InvestSelect Plc and its associated investee companies.

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