Board of Directors

Directors
Sir James Michael Yorrick Oliver, (Non-executive Chairman)
Sir Michael Oliver is a director of a number of investment funds, and the chairman of a specialised central and eastern European fund. He was previously a director, Investment Funds at Hill Samuel Asset Management and of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited. He was a partner in stockbrokers Kitkat & Aitken for 20 years and subsequently managing director of Carr Kitkat & Aitken between 1990 and 1993. He is non-executive chairman of Zirax plc and Europa Oil & Gas
(Holdings) plc, both of which are quoted on AIM. Sir Michael is also a director of Hampden Capital plc.

John Andrew Leslie, (Non-executive Director)
Andrew Leslie has 40 years’ experience as an insurance broker. He started his career with Leslie & Godwin in 1967, where he held a number of senior positions, until 1986 when he left to join Morgan Read and Coleman as a director. In 1991 he and three others effected a management buy out of the company which was then purchased by Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited in 1996. Until recently he was a main board director of Arthur J. Gallagher (UK) Limited. Andrew was also a director of Nomina.

Jeremy Richard Holt Evans, (Non-executive Director)
Jeremy Evans joined Minories Underwriting Agencies in 1993, which was subsequently transferred to Aberdeen Underwriting Advisers Limited, with specific responsibility for its corporate capital plans, including the development of a conversion scheme for existing members. He has been a director of HAL since 1999 and is also the managing director of Nomina.

Harold Michael Clunie Cunningham, (Non-executive Director)
Michael Cunningham joined Neilson Hornby Crichton & Co in 1976, becoming a partner in 1981. In 1986, he became a director of Neilson Cobbold Limited, formerly Neilson Milnes Limited, which is now part of Rathbone Brothers. He has worked in the investment management business for over 20 years and formerly had responsibility for venture capital trusts and Rathbones Enterprise Investment Scheme portfolios and Inheritance Tax service, which have raised over £100 million in total.