The Management Team

Biographies of each member of the Communisis Board of Directors can be found below.

• Peter Hickson* - Chairman

  

  Age 64

  Appointed to the Board as Chairman in December 2007. Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr Hickson is the Senior Independent Director of London and Continental Railways Ltd, and a non-executive director of Kazakhmys PLC. He was Chairman of Anglian Water Group from 2003 to 2009, and served as Finance Director of Powergen plc between 1996 and 2002. He was a non-executive director of Scottish Power plc from 2006 to 2007, Marconi Corporation plc from 2004 to 2007, and RAC plc from 1994 to 2002.

• Andy Blundell – Chief Executive

  

  Age 49

  Appointed to the Board as Chief Executive Designate on 25 August 2009, becoming Chief Executive from 31 October 2009. He joined Communisis in January 2008 as Managing Director, Print Sourcing and became Group Sales Director in November 2008. Prior to Communisis, Mr Blundell was a Managing Director at Bemrose Booth Ltd and previously a Managing Director at De La Rue plc.

• Peter King - Finance Director

  

  Age 47

  Appointed to the Board in September 2006 as Finance Director. 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

  

  Age 48

  Appointed to the Board on 1 May 2008. Responsible for the Group Technology & Services business. Mr Blaxill joined Communisis in March 2007 as Managing Director, Group Accounts. Mr Blaxill was formerly Director of Technology Services (UK and Ireland) for Hewlett Packard. Prior to this he was Managing Director and a member of the Operational Board at IT managed services business Synstar plc between 2003 and 2004 and also spent three years from 2000 to 2003 at software and services business XKO Group plc as Managing Director.

• John Wells- Group Commercial Director

  

  Age 56

  Appointed to the Board on 31 October 2009.
  Mr Wells has been Group Commercial Director since 2002. Responsible for the Group’s commercial strategy particularly in respect of major client relationships. Also responsible for sourcing activities. He formerly headed up the Group’s Print and Direct Mail businesses.

• Dave Rushton - Group Operations Director

  

  Age 48
  

  Appointed to the Board as Group Operations Director on 25 August 2009. He joined Communisis in 2003 as General Manager, Transactional Print in Manchester and was appointed Managing Director of the Group’s Direct Mail business in January 2007 before becoming Group Operations Director in September 2008. Prior to this Mr Rushton held managing director positions within Rexam plc and Avery Dennison Corporation.

• Roger Jennings* - Non-Executive Director

  

  Age 60

  Appointed to the Board in June 2002. He is a member of the Remuneration, Audit and Nominations Committees. 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

  

  Age 67

  Appointed to the Board in December 2002. Senior Independent Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees. 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. Retired in 2002 from his role as Head of Corporate Banking at HSBC Bank plc.

• Nigel Howes* - Non-Executive Director

  

  Age 59

  Appointed to the Board in December 2007. Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. 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. Previous roles include non-executive director of Wraith plc and ScS Upholstery plc.

* Non-Executive