J Devaney

Executive Chairman

BEng, CEng, FIMechE, FIEE

Age 64

Appointed: Director February 2010, Chairman May 2010 and Executive Chairman November 2011

Skills and Experience: John's executive career was built in engineering companies within the Varity Group. John has previously served as Non-executive Director of Northern Rock and Chairman of Marconi plc, later renamed Telent. He was President of Perkins Engines in the mid-1980s, and he went on to be President of Kelsey-Hayes, the automotive components manufacturer. He was subsequently Chief Executive of Eastern Electricity, the largest regional electricity company in the UK at the time. Following its acquisition by Hanson he was appointed Executive Chairman of the Group.

External Appointments: Non-executive Chairman of National Express plc, the passenger transport Group, and Non-executive Chairman of NATS, the National Air Traffic Services

Committee Membership: Chairman of the Nomination Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee

A Stevens

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

BSc, CEng, FIET, FRAeS

Age 55

Appointed: November 2003, appointed Chief Executive Officer January 2010

Skills and Experience: Andy has resigned from his role as Chief Executive Officer due to a recurring long-term serious back injury. He will continue to carry out some duties until a new Chief Executive Officer is appointed. Andy joined the Group as Managing Director of the Aerospace Systems Group. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Technology Divisions in September 2005 and in March 2007 assumed responsibility for operational management, performance and profit and loss accountability for the Group. Prior to joining he qualified as a chartered engineer at Dowty Group and subsequently became Chief Operating Officer of Messier Dowty International before joining Rolls-Royce as Managing Director, Defence Aerospace.

External Appointments: none

Committee Membership: Executive Directors Committee

W Tucker

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director

BSc, ACA, MBA

Age 49

Appointed: May 2003

Skills and Experience: Warren joined the Group as Chief Financial Officer in 2003, is a chartered accountant, and has an MBA from INSEAD. Prior to joining, he worked at Arthur Andersen, Lazard, held senior finance positions at British Airways, Euro Disney and was Deputy Group Financial Director of Cable and Wireless.

External Appointments: Non-executive Director and member of the Audit Committee of Reckitt Benckiser Group

Committee Membership: Executive Directors Committee

M Beresford

Senior Independent Non-executive Director

CBE, MAMechSc, FIET

Age 69

Appointed: 2004

Skills and Experience: Marcus was Chairman of Ricardo plc from 2003 to 2009 and was a Non-executive Director of Spirent plc from 1999 until late 2006. He was an Executive Director of GKN plc from 1992 to 2002 and Chief Executive from 2001 to 2002.

External Appointments: Non-executive Director of Melplash Agricultural Society Limited

Committee Membership: Member of the Nomination, Audit and Remuneration Committees

J Patterson

Independent Non-executive Director

CBE, MBChB, FRCP, Fmed Sci

Age 64

Appointed: 2005

Skills and Experience: John qualified in medicine in 1971 and obtained a Membership (now Fellowship) of the Royal College of Physicians in 1974. He joined ICI (now AstraZeneca) in 1975 and in December 2004 was appointed to the main Board as Executive Director responsible for development. He retired as a Director of that firm in March 2009. He is a former President of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, a former Non-executive Director of Amersham plc, a former member of the supervisory Board of the UK Medicines Control Agency and a former Non-executive Governor of Manchester Academic Science Centre.

External Appointments: Non-executive Director of Ferring Holding SA.

Committee Membership: Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Nomination and Audit Committees.

M Ronald

Independent Non-executive Director

CBE, BA, BScEE, MScEE

Age 70

Appointed: 2007

Skills and Experience: Mark was, until his retirement at the end of 2006, Chief Operating Officer of BAE Systems plc and Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems Inc, its wholly-owned US subsidiary. Previously he was Vice-President, programme management with Litton Industries and Chief Operating Officer of AEL Industries. Mark was a Non-executive Director of DynCorp International Inc.

External Appointments: Non-executive Director of ATK Inc. and Aeroflex Holdings Inc., senior adviser of Veritas Capital LLC and a management consultant

Committee Membership: Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

M Hagee

Independent Non-executive Director

Age 67

Appointed: 2008

Skills and Experience: Mike served in the US Marine Corps for almost 39 years ending his career in 2007 as Commandant of the Marine Corps and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His numerous military assignments included Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Deputy Director of Operations at the US European Command and Executive Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence. He also served in a number of diplomatic missions including the presidential diplomatic mission to Somalia.

External Appointments: President and CEO of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation in Fredericksburg, Texas, USA, Co-Chairman of the National Security Advisory Council for the Center of US Global Engagement and US Global Leadership Campaign, Non-executive Director of sgi Corp., Kaseman LLC, Dyncorp International Inc. and Freedom Group Inc.

Committee Membership: Member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees

M Wareing

Independent Non-executive Director

CMG, FCA, FCCA, MCSI

Age 57

Appointed: 2010

Skills and Experience: Michael worked for KPMG from 1973 until 2009 when he retired. Between 2005 and 2009, he was International Chief Executive Officer, KPMG, Chairman, KPMG International Executive Team and Chairman, KPMG Iberoamerica Board. He was formerly the Prime Minister's Envoy for Reconstruction in Southern Iraq.

External Appointments: Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Wolseley plc and Senior Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Intertek Group plc, Chairman of the Iraq Advisory Board for G4S plc and Economic Development Adviser to the Government of Afghanistan

Committee Membership: Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination Committee

A Wood

Independent Non-executive Director

MA, MBA

Age 48

Appointed: 2011

Skills and Experience: Alison is currently Global Director Corporate Development & Strategy for National Grid plc. She was formerly Group Strategic Development Director for BAE Systems plc responsible for corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and strategic business development across the UK and US. She has held two Non-executive Directorships; BTG plc (between 2004 and 2008) and THUS plc (between 2007 and 2008).

External Appointments Chairman of Aerospace, Aviation and Defence Knowledge Transfer Network

Committee Membership Member of the Nomination Committee