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## NIGEL HURST-BROWN (NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) 

## BACKGROUND 

Since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Nigel Hurst-Brown has pursued a career in fund management. From 1986 to 1990 he was Chairman of Lloyd’s Investment Managers. In 1990 he moved to Mercury Asset Management as a main board Director and following Mercury’s acquisition by Merrill Lynch in 1997 became a Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Currently he is Chief Executive of Hotchkis and Wiley (UK) Limited and a member of the Executive Committee of its US parent Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management LLC and Non-Executive Chairman of Central Asia Metals plc. 

Nigel is Chairman of the Audit Committee and sits on the Remuneration Committee. 

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## STEPHEN POSFORD (NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) 

## BACKGROUND 

Stephen Posford was a partner of stockbrokers W.Greenwell and Co. In 1986, he became Managing Director of Greenwell Montagu Gilt Edged and in 1989 moved to Salomon Brothers to head up its proprietary trading department in London. He then became Salomon Brothers European CEO before retiring in 1996. 

Stephen sits on the Audit and Remuneration Committees. 

## Left to right 

Peter Fleming Howard Obee Harry Dobson Nigel Hurst-Brown Stephen Posford 

