Robert Sinclair*+ (Aged 61)
Chairman
Was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company on 17 June 2005. Mr Sinclair is the Managing Director of Artemis Trustees Limited. Mr Sinclair has over 42 years experience in finance and accountancy of which 32 years have been spent in the Guernsey Financial Services industry. Mr Sinclair is a director of several companies which are quoted on the London Stock Exchange and is also a director of a number of fund management companies. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Mr Sinclair is a resident of Guernsey.
Peter Rigg*+ (Aged 62)
Was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company on 17 June 2005. Mr Rigg is the Chairman of Polarcus, a Dubaibased, Norwegian listed seismic survey company. He is a board director of two private equity funds managed by General Enterprise Management Services Limited (“GEMS”) investing principally in Asian companies. Between 1989 and 1995, Mr Rigg worked for the CS First Boston Group in Hong Kong, where he held various roles, including acting as board representative of International Investment Trust Co., a leading Taipei-based fund management company; managing director and Hong Kong-based head of Asian equity capital markets; and managingdirector and head of investment banking for CS First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited. Prior to that, Mr Rigg worked for Credit Suisse First Boston Limited in London as director for Asian investment banking and as a solicitor in banking and private practice. Mr Rigg is a resident of the United Kingdom.
Christopher Sherwell*+ (Aged 62)
Was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company on 17 June 2005. Mr Sherwell is a non-executive director of a number of investment-related companies. He was Managing Director of Schroders (C.I.) Limited from April 2000 until January 2004, and served as a director of various Schroder group companies and investment funds. He remains a non-executive Director of Burnaby Insurance (Guernsey) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schroders plc.
His other directorships include chairmanship of Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities Limited, a fund of hedge funds, and of the Hermes Commodities Umbrella Fund. Before joining Schroders in 1993, Mr Sherwell worked as Far East regional strategist with Smith New Court Securities in London and Hong Kong. Mr Sherwell was previously a journalist, working for the Financial Times. Mr Sherwell is a resident of Guernsey.
Fergus Dunlop*+ (Aged 52)
Was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company on 21 April 2008. Mr Dunlop is a Director of Resolution Limited and of several Channel Island based investment funds. He has over 20 years experience in investment companies in London, Frankfurt, Munich and the Channel Islands. Mr Dunlop joined Mercury Asset Management in 1987 in London, and managed their joint venture with Munich Reinsurance, and its Jersey subsidiary. This led to the opening of a MAM (now BlackRock) Frankfurt office in 1995, to which he transferred in 1997, developing its institutional business until 2001. From 2002 to 2007 he was a managing director and partner at SÜDPROJEKT in Munich. Mr Dunlop is a resident of Guernsey.
* member of the Audit and Management Engagement Committees.
+ member of the Nomination Committee.
Mr Rigg is chairman of the Audit and Management Engagement Committees.
Mr Sinclair is chairman of the Nomination Committee.