Non-Executive Directors

Peter Hill-Wood

(Senior Non-Executive Director)

Mr. Hill-Wood joined the Board in 2003. Mr. Hill-Wood has been Chairman of Arsenal Football Club since 1982 and was formerly Vice-Chairman of Hambros Bank and Chairman of its Investment Division. He is currently on the board of advisors of the Russian Technology Fund.

Graham BIrch

(Non-Executive Director)

Graham Birch was appointed to the Board on 12 February 2010.  Prior to his retirement in 2009 he was a Director of BlackRock Commodities Investment Trust plc and manager of BlackRock’s World Mining Trust and Gold and General Unit Trust.  He gained his PhD in mining geology at Imperial College, London and worked at Kleinwort Benson Securities and Ord Minnett/Fleming Ord Minnett before joining Mercury Asset Management in 1993, where he launched a number of mining and natural resources funds. In 1997, Mercury Asset Management was acquired by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers which was itself eventually acquired by BlackRock in 2006. Graham is Vice Chairman of Rothamsted Research.

Sir Malcolm Field

(Non-Executive Director)

Sir Malcolm Field was appointed to the Board on 22 April 2009 having previously been a non-executive director of Aricom plc since 2003. He was formerly CEO of WH Smith PLC and a non-executive director of Scottish & Newcastle, MEPC, The Stationery Office, Evolution Group Plc and a number of private companies. He was most recently Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority and Tube Lines Ltd. Sir Malcolm is the Senior Independent Director of Hochschild Mining PLC.

General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank

(Non-Executive Director)

General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL was appointed to the Board in January 2008. He is also a director of NM Rothschild & Sons Limited, Colt Defense LLC, and an independent member of the House of Lords. He was formerly Chief of the Defence Staff and the Principal Military Adviser to two Prime Ministers and three Secretaries of State for Defence. He retired from the Army in February 2001, although he currently holds the position of Colonel of the Life Guards and Gold Stick to The Queen. In addition he is a Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of King's College London University as well as a board member of the Moscow School of Policy Studies.

Sir Roderic Lyne

(Non-Executive Director)

Sir Roderic Lyne was appointed to the Board on 22 April 2009 having previously been a director of Aricom plc since October 2006. Sir Roderic served as British Ambassador to Russia from January 2000 until August 2004, when he retired from the Diplomatic Service after 34 years. He now works as a consultant, principally advising businesses on Russia and the CIS and in this capacity is a Senior Advisor to J.P. Morgan. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Kingston University and the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Sir Roderic has been appointed as a member of the Iraq Inquiry Committee.

Charles McVeigh

(Non-Executive Director)

Charles McVeigh joined the Group as Non-Executive Director in June 2009. Mr McVeigh is the Chairman of Citigroup's Corporate and Investment Banking Global Wealth Management Partnership and a director of EFG-Hermes and Savills PLC.