Dennis Millard

Chairman

Dennis joined the Board as a non-executive director and Deputy Chairman on 31 August 2006 and became Chairman on 6 February 2008. He is Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He is Chairman of Halfords Group plc, a non-executive director and Senior Independent Director of Premier Farnell plc and Xchanging plc, and a non-executive director of Debenhams plc. He was Finance Director of Cookson Group plc from 1996 to 2005 and was a non-executive director of Exel plc from 2003 until 2005. He is Chairman of Trustees of the charity The Holy Cross Children’s Trust.