Board Committees

The Board is responsible for establishing the strategic direction of the Company, monitoring the Company’s performance against its business plan and its trading performance. The Board currently consists of four Executive Directors and four Non-Executive Directors.

Dr Drew Nelson OBE - Interim Non Executive Chairman
Ceri Jones ... Chief Executive Officer
Giles Davies ... Chief Financial Officer
Dr Gareth Jones ... Chief Technical Officer
Simon J Gibson OBE - Non Executive Director
Ron Jones - Non-Executive Director
Dr John C Thynne CB - Non-Executive Director

Ron Jones has been nominated as the senior independent Non-Executive Director. In addition, the Board has established a remuneration committee and an audit committee with formally delegated duties and responsibilities, which have written terms of reference as summarised below.

Remuneration Committee

Simon Gibson (Chair)
Ron Jones
John Thynne

The remuneration committee, within agreed terms of reference, will consider all material elements of remuneration policy, remuneration and incentives of Executive Directors (including pension rights and compensation payments) and senior management with reference to independent remuneration research and professional advice.

Audit Committee

Ron Jones (Chair)
Simon Gibson

The audit committee is responsible for ensuring that the financial performance of the Group is properly monitored, controlled and reported on.