Non-Executive Directors

Rick Haythornthwaite – Chairman

Rick Haythornthwaite has been the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman since July 2009 having joined the Board in March 2009 as a Non-Executive Director. He was Chief Executive of Invensys plc, from 2001 to 2005. He was also previously Group Chief Executive of Blue Circle Industries and spent 18 years with BP in various senior roles. He is currently non-executive chairman of MasterCard Inc, a senior advisor to STAR Capital Partners and President of PetroSaudi International (UK) Ltd. His previous non-executive roles included Board membership of ICI, Land Securities and Lafarge. In the voluntary sector, he is also chairman of the Southbank Centre.

Malcolm Brinded – Non-Executive Director

Malcolm Brinded joined the Board in October 2010. He is currently Executive Director, Upstream International at Royal Dutch Shell plc. He was appointed an Executive Director of Shell in October 2004 responsible for global Exploration & Production, and from July 2009 for Upstream International. He was previously a Managing Director of Shell Transport from March 2004 and, prior to that, a Managing Director of Royal Dutch from 2002. He was also Country Chair for Shell in the UK. In 2002 he was appointed CBE for services to the UK oil and gas industry. He is a member of the Nigerian Presidential Honorary International Investor Council, Chairman of the Shell Foundation and a Trustee of the Emirates Foundation and the International Business Leaders Forum.

Graham Eccles – Non-Executive Director

Graham Eccles joined the Board in February 2010 following an extensive career in the railways. Graham’s former positions include Deputy Chairman of London Midland, Chairman of the South East Strategic Health Authority, Board Member of Stagecoach Group plc, Chairman and Managing Director of South West Trains and Co-Chairman of Virgin Rail Group Ltd. He is also Chairman of Virgin Healthcare Holdings Limited.

Mike Firth – Non-Executive Director

Michael Firth joined the Board in 2004 having previously been Head of Corporate Banking at HSBC Bank plc until his retirement in September 2002. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Communisis plc and Gartmore European Investment Trust plc. He was previously a Non-Executive Director of Somerfield plc and First Technology PLC. Michael is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Fellow of the ifs School of Finance.

Lawrie Haynes – Non-Executive Director

Lawrie Haynes joined the Board in January 2010. Lawrie is President – Nuclear at Rolls-Royce Plc. He was previously Chief Executive at White Young Green plc. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive of British Nuclear Group and a main board director of BNFL plc. He was also Chief Executive of the Highways Agency. Lawrie has a degree in Business Law (Heriot Watt) and is on the Board of Trustees of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund and is Chairman of its pension fund. He received an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering (Heriot Watt 2010) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

Janis Kong – Non-Executive Director

Janis Kong joined the Board in January 2010. She is a Non-Executive Director of Kingfisher plc, Portmeirion Group PLC and VisitBritain, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Forum for the Future. During her 33-year career with BAA, Janis held a number of operational roles and, until her retirement in March 2006, was a director of BAA plc and Chairman of Heathrow Airport Ltd as well as being Chairman of Heathrow Express. Prior to that, she was Managing Director of Gatwick Airport. She was previously a Non-Executive Director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc.

Keith Ludeman – Non-Executive Director

Keith Ludeman joined the Board in July 2011. Prior to this, he was Group Chief Executive of the Go-Ahead Group from July 2006 to July 2011 having previously been a Group Executive Director since 2004 and a main Board advisor since 1998. Before this he held senior management positions in bus companies, mainly at Managing Director level. He has also worked as a transport consultant. He was appointed Chief Executive of the Group’s London bus division in 1997, before moving across to manage the rail division in 1999. He was Chairman of Association of Train Operating Companies between 2003 and 2005, a member of the British Transport Police Authority until 2005 and a non-executive director at Interserve Plc. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport & Logistics and a Fellow of the Institute of Railway Operators.

Bridget Rosewell – Non-Executive Director

Bridget Rosewell joined the Board in January 2011. Currently, she is Chairman and Chief Executive of Volterra, a group of companies producing economic analysis across a range of sectors. She is also Chief Economic Adviser to the Greater London Authority. Between 1988 and 2000 she was Executive Chairman of Business Strategies Ltd – subsequently sold to Experian. She was a founder of Oxford Economic Research Associates (OXERA) and previously held a position as an economics adviser to Chancellor Kenneth Clarke. Her transport experience includes preparing economic analysis for train operators, Crossrail and London & Continental Railways. She was previously a Non-Executive Director of the Department of Work and Pensions and Britannia Building Society (and was chair of the Audit Committees at both).

Steve Russell – Non-Executive Director

Steve Russell joined the Board in 2007. Previously he was Chief Executive of Boots Group PLC between 2000 and 2003, working there since he started his first job at the Company in 1967. He was a Non-Executive Director of Barclays PLC – where he was a member of the audit committee (having previously been chairman of this committee), the risk, nomination, and governance committees. He is Chairman of Business Control Solutions and is also a trustee of St John’s Ambulance and Tommy’s, the baby charity. He was appointed the Senior Independent Director of Network Rail in July 2009.