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MICHAEL RUETTGERS
CHAIRMAN 
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| R |

Mr Ruettgers joined the Board as Chairman in January  2008. He is Senior Advisor to the EMC Board and management and retired Chairman of the EMC Board of Directors. During his time as Chairman of EMC, he led all facets of EMC’s proactive corporate governance. Prior to that, he served as Executive Chairman of EMC’s Board for three years until December 2003. Mr Ruettgers

joined EMC in 1988, and served as CEO from 1992 to 2001, leading the company in a decade-long period of profitable growth. From his arrival EMC’s revenues grew from $120 million to nearly $9 billion. During his term as CEO, Mr Ruettgers was named one of the "World’s Top 25 Executives" by BusinessWeek. Mr Ruettgers spent his early career with Raytheon and is currently the Lead Director on the Board of Directors. Mr Ruettgers holds a BSc from Idaho State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
     
 
Barry Rose

BARRY ROSE
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Mr Rose was appointed to the Board in 2001 and serves as a non-executive director and is the Senior Independent  non-executive Director. He is Chairman of the Company’s Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee. From 1993 to 2001, Mr Rose was Chief

Executive of Scottish Provident  UK. Mr Rose is also a non-executive director of Bailllie Gifford Shin Nippon plc, Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society and Optos plc.

     
 
Ross Graham

ROSS GRAHAM
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
A | N | R | T

Mr Graham was appointed to the Board in September 2003 and serves as a non-executive
director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He also serves on the Remuneration, Nomination and Treasury Committees. Mr Graham qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Young in 1969, and was made a partner in 1981.

In 1987 Mr Graham joined Misys on its flotation as its Financial Director, becoming Corporate Development Director in 1998 and finally retiring from the Board at the end of 2003. Throughout his time at Misys he played a key role in developing and implementing its acquisition strategy. He holds several other non-executive directorships including Acambis plc and Psion plc.

     
 
Rob Eckelmann

ROB ECKELMANN
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
A | N | R |

Mr Eckelmann joined the Board in November 2004 and serves on the Audit, Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee. From 1988 to 2002 Mr Eckelmann was employed by Intel Corporation, where he launched its Asian business and was then Vice President and General Manager of the EMEA region. Before joining Intel in

1988, Mr Ecklemann served for six years at the US Department of Commerce responsible for high-tech trade policy and negotiations with Asia and the EU. Mr Ecklemann holds several non-executive directorships including; Emulation and Verification Engineering, MDS Holdings and Xaar plc.

     
 
 David Milne

DAVID MILNE
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dr Milne co-founded the Company in 1984 and served as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director until March 2007. From 1973 to 1985, Dr Milne directed the Wolfson Microelectronics Institute at Edinbugh University, which developed CAD software and integrated circuit technology. Dr Milne was Vice President of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh from October 1995 to September 1998 and is a Fellow of the Royal Acadamy of Engineers. He has a Doctorate in Physics from Bristol University and has been a member of the Court of the University of Edinburgh since 1998. Dr Milne was awarded the OBE in 1985 for services to industry and an honorary Degree of DSc from Heriot-Watt University in 2007.

 
COMMITTEES

A: Audit committee
N: Nomination committee
R: Remuneration committee
T: Treasury committee


 
 
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