Lars Emilson*
Chairman (68)

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Mr Emilson began his career with PLM AB, a Swedish pan-European packaging group, and was appointed Chief Executive after its acquisition by Rexam plc. He joined the board of Rexam plc in 2000, with responsibility for the worldwide beverage can business and became Chief Executive from 2004 until his retirement in 2007. He was appointed Chairman of Charter plc on 1 November 2007 and subsequently became Chairman of Charter International plc on 27 August 2008. Mr Emilson is a Non-Executive Director of Filtrona plc, Luvata Espoo Oy and East Capital Explorer AB.

Michael Foster*
Chief Executive (57)

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Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Charter International plc on 27 August 2008, having been Chief Executive Officer of Charter plc since 1 July 2006. Mr Foster joined Charter plc as a Non-Executive Director in December 2001 and became Commercial Director on 1 January 2005. He was formerly Executive Director responsible for the UK, USA and Ireland at RMC Group plc. He has a degree in Engineering and Electrical Sciences from Cambridge University, is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and is qualified as a solicitor.

Robert Careless⁺
Finance Director (56)

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Appointed as Finance Director of Charter International plc on 27 August 2008, having been Finance Director of Charter plc since 22 April 2004. Mr Careless qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG and was formerly Finance Director and Company Secretary of Semara Holdings Plc. He has a degree in Physics from Oxford University.

James Deeley⁺
Commercial Director (46)

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Appointed as Commercial Director of Charter International plc on 26 March 2009, having been Legal Director of Charter plc since 10 July 2006. Mr Deeley qualified as a solicitor with Slaughter and May and subsequently held positions as Director of Legal Services at Regus plc, Head of Group Legal at DS Smith plc and Corporate Services Director and Company Secretary of Numerica Group plc.

John Biles*
Independent Non-Executive Director (62)

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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Charter International plc on 27 August 2008, having been a Non-Executive Director of Charter plc since 1 April 2005. Mr Biles is a chartered accountant and was previously Finance Director of international engineering group FKI plc for six years until 2004. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Northern Ireland Electricity plc, Bodycote plc, Hermes Fund Managers Limited, Sutton & East Surrey Water plc and Alan Dick & Company (Holdings) Limited.

Grey Denham*
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director (61)

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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Charter International plc on 27 August 2008, having been a Non-Executive Director of Charter plc since February 2005. He recently retired as Company Secretary and Group Director Legal and Compliance of GKN plc. Mr Denham was appointed to the Council of the UK Competition Commission in September 2009 and is a Non-Executive Director of the charity Young Enterprise UK. He is a former Chairman of both the Primary Markets Group of the London Stock Exchange and of the CBI in the West Midlands. He is a qualified barrister.

John Neill CBE*
Independent Non-Executive Director (62)

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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Charter International plc on 27 August 2008, having been a Non-Executive Director of Charter plc since 1994. He is currently Group Chief Executive of the Unipart Group of Companies Limited. Mr Neill is a Non-Executive Director of Rolls-Royce Group plc and was formerly a Director of the Bank of England and a Non-Executive Director of Royal Mail Group plc.

Andrew Osborne*
Independent Non-Executive Director (43)

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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Charter International plc on 27 August 2008, having been a Non-Executive Director of Charter plc since February 2005. He is a chartered accountant and is currently Deputy Chairman of Geoffrey Osborne Limited.

Manfred Wennemer
Independent Non-Executive Director (62)

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Appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Charter International plc on 26 March 2009. He was previously Chief Executive of Continental AG, a position which he held for seven years. Prior to this, he worked for seven years for companies within the Continental group as Chief Executive of Benecke-Kaliko AG and ContiTech AG. Before his tenure with Continental he worked for the Freudenberg Group for 14 years, latterly as Chief Executive of the Spunbond Nonwovens Group. Mr Wennemer is also a Director of Bekaert and Knorr-Bremse AG.