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The Management Team

Peter Hickson* - Chairman

Peter Hickson - ChairmanAge 63
Appointed to the Board as Chairman on 10 December 2007. Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He is also Chairman of Anglian Water Group Ltd and Senior Independent Director of London & Continental Railways Ltd. Mr Hickson is a Chartered Accountant and served as Group Finance Director of Powergen plc from 1996 to 2002. Previous roles also include a Non-Executive Director of Scottish Power plc from 2006 to 2007 and RAC plc from 1994 to 2002.


Steve Vaughan - Chief Executive

Steve Vaughan - Chief ExecutiveAge 47
Appointed to the Board as Chief Executive on 4 October 2006. He was Group Chief Executive of Synstar PLC from 2001 to 2005. From 1996 he held a number of senior roles at EDS (UK) Ltd, latterly as Managing Director of its UK industry division.

Peter King - Finance Director

Peter King - Finance DirectorAge 46
Appointed to the Board as Finance Director on 1 September 2006. He joined Communisis in June 2005 as Group Financial Controller and was formerly Director of Finance for Norwich Union Life, a subsidiary of Aviva plc, for four years. Prior to working at Norwich Union, he spent 11 years with KPMG.


Alistair Blaxill - Executive Director

Alistair Blaxhill - Executive DirectorAge 47
Appointed to the board as Executive Director on 1 May 2008. He first joined Communisis in March 2007 as Managing Director and was formally Director of Technology Services (UK and Ireland) for Hewlett Packard. Prior to this he was Managing Director and member of the Operational Board at Synstar plc between 2003 and 2004 and also spent 3 years from 2000 to 2003 at XKO Group plc as Managing Director.


Roger Jennings* - Non-Executive Director

Roger Jennings - Non-Executive DirectorAge 58
Appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director in June 2002. Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. He is also non-executive Chairman of Limelight PR Ltd. Formerly he has held senior management positions in consumer products companies and international consultancy, including Managing Director of Sevenoaks Sound and Vision Ltd and Chief Executive of Austin Reed Group plc.


Michael Firth* - Non-Executive Director

Michael Firth - Non-Executive DirectorAge 65
Appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director in December 2002. Senior Independent Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Network Rail Limited and Gartmore European Investment Trust plc; formerly a Non-Executive Director of Somerfield plc and First Technology plc. Mr Firth retired in 2002 from his role of Head of Corporate Banking at HSBC Bank plc..


Nigel Howes* - Non-Executive Director

Nigel Howes - Non-Executive DirectorAge 57
Appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director on 10 December 2007. Member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Also a Non-Executive Director of ScS Upholstery plc, where he is Senior Independent Director. Mr Howes is a Chartered Accountant and served as an Audit and Advisory partner at Arthur Andersen from 1984 to 2002 and then at Deloitte from 2002 to 2004. Other previous roles include Non-Executive Director of Wraith plc.


* Non-Executive

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