Nicholas Ferguson
Chairman

Nicholas Ferguson was appointed as a Director of the Company on 12 February 1996 and Chairman on 25 April 2005. He was formerly Chairman of Schroder Ventures and instrumental in its development since 1984. He is a non-executive Director of BskyB plc.

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Nominations (Chairman)

Francis Finlay
Non-Executive Director

Francis Finlay was appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 October 2004. His other non-executive directorships include two London listed investment trusts, Scottish Investment Trust plc and Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings.

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Remuneration (Chairman)
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Lynn Fordham
Chief Executive

Lynn Fordham was appointed as a Director in July 2008. She is the Company's Chief Executive Officer. She has over 20 years of financial experience and has worked in a number of companies including Mobil Oil, BAA plc, Boots Group plc and MAN Group plc.
Lynn has a B.Acc from Glasgow University, a Dip Bus Admin from Warwick and is a Chartered Accountant.

Edgar Koning
Non-Executive Director

Edgar Koning was appointed as a Director of the Company on 12 February 1996 and is Executive Vice President with AEGON Nederland NV. He joined AEGON in 1981 and has held various senior management positions in the Group.

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Denis Raeburn
Non-Executive Director

Denis Raeburn was appointed as a Director of the Company on 25 June 2001 and was Managing Director of the asset management company Global Asset Management (GAM) between 1986 and 1999.

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Audit(Chairman)
Nominations
Remuneration

Charles Sinclair
Non-Executive Director

Charles Sinclair was appointed as Director of the Company on 1 January 2005. He is Chairman of Associated British Foods plc. He retired as Chief Executive of Daily Mail and General Trust plc on 30 September 2008, a post he held since 1989.

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Audit
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Andrew Sykes
Non-Executive Director

Andrew Sykes was appointed as a Director of the company on 8 Feb 2010. He is deputy chairman of Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited, chairman of Invista Foundation Property Trust Limited, Absolute Return Trust Limited and SVG Advisers Limited. He is also a non-executive director of Record plc, Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited and MBIA UK Insurance Limited and chairs the investment committee of the Schroder Retirement Benefits Scheme.

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Audit
Nominations