Andrew Barker (Chairman)
Aged 62, was appointed as a non-executive Director
and Chairman of the Company on 10 January 2001.
He has been involved in investment management
for more than 35 years, having joined Foreign & Colonial Management
Ltd in 1970. He was a director of Foreign & Colonial Ventures
Ltd from 1980 to 1998, which is a specialist provider of private
equity finance to small and medium sized companies. He was responsible
for Foreign & Colonial’s North American investments from
1985 until he retired from Foreign &
Colonial in March 2000. His former directorships include The Bankers
Investment Trust PLC and Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust
PLC. He is Chairman of the British Portfolio Trust plc, JPMorgan
MidCap Investment Trust plc and Morant Wright Japan Income Trust
plc. He is also a director of Renaissance
US Growth Investment Trust PLC.
Alan Clifton
Aged 60, was appointed as a non-executive Director
of the Company on 21 February 2001.
Mr Clifton was previously the Managing Director
of Morley Fund Management, the asset management arm of Aviva plc,
the UK’s largest insurance group. He is currently Chairman
of JPMorgan Fleming Japanese Smaller Companies Trust plc and of Schroder
UK Growth Fund plc and a director of several other investment companies.
He also serves as a Member of The Lord Chancellor’s Strategic
Investment Board.
David Clough
Aged 61, was appointed as a non-executive Director
of the Company on 25 February 2004.
Dr Clough was Director of Research at Roche in
the UK between 1986 and 1999. He was responsible for over 300 staff
with departments covering chemistry, biology and pre-clinical development.
Peter Collacott
Aged 63, was appointed as a non-executive Director
of the Company on 11 April 1994. He is a director of Jordan/Zalaznick & Co.
Limited, an FSA-regulated investment company, and was formerly Company
Secretary of JZ Equity Partners plc, a listed private equity investment
trust, with responsibility for finance and administration. Mr Collacot
was previously with State Street Global Advisors (UK) Limited.
Mr
Collacott was appointed as chairman of Company's Audit Committee
on 19 April 2004.
Alex Hammond-Chambers
Aged 64, was appointed as a non-executive Director
of the Company on 21 February 2001.
After graduating in Economics at Cambridge University
in 1964, Mr Hammond- Chambers joined the investment management firm
of Ivory & Sime in Edinburgh, Scotland. Following his formal
training period, he became the fund manager of British Assets Trust
and Edinburgh American Assets Trust. He became a partner in 1969
and in 1985 Chairman of Ivory & Sime PLC. From 1984 to 1987 he
served as a governor of the NASD. In 1991 he retired from Ivory & Sime
and has since pursued a second career as a professional non-executive
director. He is currently Chairman of Fidelity Special Values plc,
Aurora Investment Trust plc and Hansa
Trust plc. He is a director of Montanaro European Smaller Companies
Trust plc.
Ian Macgregor
Aged 70, a Chartered Accountant, was appointed
as a non-executive Director of the Company on 21 February 2001.
He has focused on investment management for
more than 20 years. In 1985 he joined The Wellcome Trust, and as
Chief Investment Officer he oversaw an increase in the Trust’s
investment assets from £1 billion to £14 billion, before
retiring in 2000. The Trust is a major investor in private equity,
with a focus on biotechnology both in the UK and the US, and he has
served on a number of advisory committees in the private equity/biotechnology
area. He is a Royal Commissioner for the 1851 Exhibition. He also
serves on the supervisory board of a number of Common Investment
Trusts for Charities.
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