Paul Golby - Chairman, Chairman of Nomination Committee

Paul Golby was appointed Non-Executive Chairman to the Board of AEA Technology plc on 24 September 2009. Paul joined the Board in August 2003 and is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He has been, since 2002, Chief Executive of E.ON UK plc and is an Executive Committee member of E.ON AG, its parent company. After training as a mechanical engineer, he had a series of management appointments with Dunlop and BTR before becoming an Executive Director of Clayhithe plc. Paul is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Energy Institute.

Rodney Westhead, Senior Independent Director (SID), Chairman of Audit Committee, Chairman of Remuneration Committee

Rodney Westhead, Non-Executive Director (NED), was initially appointed to the Board in August 2003. He is the SID, chairs the Audit Committee as well as the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. From 1996 until his retirement in 2005, he was Chief Executive of Ricardo plc, a leading automotive engineering consulting company. He is the SID of Mouchel Group plc, a former Chairman of Carter and Carter (in administration), Chairman of Clean Air Power and a Director of Transense Technologies plc. An accountant by profession, he was a partner with Grant Thornton, including Managing Partner of their London office, before moving to Ricardo plc in 1992 as the Group Finance Director.

Bernard Lord - Non-Executive Director

Bernard Lord was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in November 2010.  Bernard is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless Telecommunications Association of Canada. He currently serves as a corporate Board member for Medavie Blue Cross and Clean Air Power, is a member of the New Brunswick Law Society, is Scholar in Residence with the McGill University Health Centre and is the former Premier of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada.

Tim Robinson - Non-Executive Director

Tim Robinson was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in November 2010.  Tim is Chief Executive Officer of Talaris Limited, a Non-Executive Board member of UK Trade & Investment and a Member of the Audit Committee and Association of Oxfam. He was formerly Chief Executive of Xafinity, served as a Director of Thales (Paris) and IBM (UK and Asia) and was a Non Executive Director of Nice Systems (Nasdaq-listed) and Camelot.

Executive Directors:

John Lowry - Interim Chief Executive Officer

John Lowry was appointed as Interim Chief Executive in November 2011. Having started out as a technologist who won a Queen's Award to Industry, John has spent his career working in leading edge technology companies including IBM, Accenture, General Electric Company, ICI, Ford Motor Company, Unilever and Thorn EMI. During that time, he developed a very wide range of management capabilities and over the last 18 years has utilised them in the start-up, turnround, operational restructuring, refinancing, merger and acquisition of technology businesses in both the USA and Europe. John is a director of and Chairman of Norbain Group Limited.

Kevin Higginson - Chief Financial Officer

Kevin Higginson was appointed Chief Finance Officer in April 2011.  He was previously Director and Group Finance Director for Low and Bonar. A chartered accountant, Kevin was formerly Group Finance Director of the BSS Group PLC. Prior to his role at BSS, he held various senior positions, including Group Chief Executive and Group Finance Director with Hazlewood Foods plc.

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