The Management Team

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

• Peter Hickson* - Chairman

  

  Age 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.

• Andy Blundell – Chief Executive

  

  Age 49

  Appointed to the Board as Chief Executive Designate on 25th August 2009, becoming Chief Executive on 31st 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 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

  

  Age 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.

• John Wells- Group Commercial Director

  Age 56
  Appointed to the Board 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 25th August 2009. He joined Communisis in 2003 as General Manager, Transactional Print in Manchester, becoming Group Operations Director in September 2008. Prior to this, Mr Rushton was Managing Director, Rexam Envelopes and before that had spent 5 years in Belgium, with responsibility for the Consumer Products business of Avery Dennison.

• Roger Jennings* - Non-Executive Director

  

  Age 59

  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

  

  Age 66

  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

  

  Age 58

  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