Executive Directors

Miles Emley – aged 57, Chairman. Previously with UBS Philips & Drew Ltd and N.M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd, Mr Emley joined the Company in 1992 as Deputy Chairman and was appointed Chairman the following year. Mr Emley’s role became part-time from October 2005.

Wayne Angstrom – aged 67, Mr Angstrom joined the Group in 1991 after holding senior positions with Maxwell Communication Corp and R R Donnelley. Appointed to the board in 1997, Mr Angstrom is responsible for the Group’s commercial and magazine printing interests in the USA.

Brian Edwards, FCA – aged 56, Managing Director and with particular responsibility for Commercial Products, joined the Company in 1978 from Deloitte & Touche, became Finance Director in 1988 and Group Managing Director in 1991.

Patrick Martell – aged 42, was appointed to the board in 2003. Mr Martell joined the Group in 1980, was appointed a director of Clays in 1994 and became its Managing Director in 2000. Mr Martell was appointed Managing Director Media Products in October 2005.

Simon Ward – aged 38, was appointed to the board 4 December 2006. Mr Ward is Chief Executive Officer of Commercial and Point of Sale activities. He was the Managing Director of SP Group at the time of its acquisition in September 2004.

Non-Executive Directors

Dr David Wilbraham – aged 67, senior independent non-executive director, was appointed to the board in 1994. Dr Wilbraham, formerly Chief Executive Officer and later Chairman of Hickson International plc, currently holds non-executive directorships with RPC Group Plc and Akers Biosciences, Inc, an AIM-listed company which designs and manufactures rapid diagnostic screening and testing products.

David Best, FCA – aged 56, formerly group finance director of Xansa plc. Appointed to the board on 1 September 2006, Mr Best was previously finance director of Lucas Management Systems Ltd after holding various senior positions at Lockheed Martin Corporation. Mr Best is Chairman of SHL Group plc and also holds non-executive directorships with Servista Ltd, a private company in the software development field, and Plasmon PLC, a technology company specialising in archival solutions.

Simon Marquis – aged 53, was appointed to the board in 2004. Mr Marquis has 30 years’ experience in the media and marketing industries: being Chairman of ZenithOptimedia UK until 2006; and currently Chairman of Evolutions Limited, the National Readership Survey and the Media Circle. He also serves as non-executive director of Packet Vision Limited.

Richard Stillwell – aged 57, is a practising barrister and holds non-executive directorships with BBA Group plc and Penna Consulting plc. Until 2000 Mr Stillwell was executive vice president of ICI plc, where he had held various posts since 1974. Mr Stillwell was appointed to the board on 1 September 2006.

Dame Sue Tinson – aged 63, was appointed to the board in 2004, is a non-executive director of Chime Communications plc and previously served on the boards of ITV London and the Yorkshire Building Society. Dame Sue has 40 years’ experience in the media industry, much of it with the ITN as Associate Editor and Editor of ‘News at Ten’. She is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and a member of the Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Development board.