Nigel Howard BSc, ARCS*#
Non-Executive Chariman and Chairman of the Nominations Committee
Joined the Board in January 2006 and was appointed Chairman in January 2007. Previously a Director of Morgan Crucible Plc where he worked for over 36 years in a number of roles including Interim Chief Executive. He is a non-executive Director of Alliance One International Inc. which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a graduate of Harvard Business School ISMP Program.

David Stirling BSc CA MBA MSc
Managing Director
Joined Zotefoams plc in September 1997 as Finance Director. Appointed Managing Director in May 2000. Previously with BICC plc, PriceWaterhouse in USA and Poland and KPMG. A graduate of Warwick and London Business Schools.

Clifford Hurst BA FCA MCT
Finance Director and Company Secretary
Joined Zotefoams plc in October 2000 from Thermos Limited where he was Commercial Director and prior to that Finance Director. Previously with Caradon plc, ICI plc and Ernst & Young.

Marie-Louise Clayton*†#
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in July 2011. Previously a non-executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Forth Ports plc. Prior to that she was Group Finance Director of Venture Production plc, a FTSE 250 company in the oil and gas sector and has held senior positions in Alstom and GEC. She is a qualified accountant and a non-executive director of Geoffrey Osborne Ltd.

Richard Clowes BSc CEng M.I.MECH.E*†#
Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Appointed to the Board in July 2007. Previously worked for GKN plc and before that TI Group plc. He has wide operations and general management experience at both companies and whilst at GKN he was a Divisional Managing Director for their Powder Metallurgy, Offhighway and Autocomponents Divisions. He was a main Board Director of GKN Plc from 2001 to 2005.

Roger Lawson FCA*†#
Senior Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Appointed to the Board in December 2002. Previously a Director of 3i plc and a former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a non-executive Director of a number of unlisted Companies and a Trustee of the Thalidomide Trust.

Alex Walker*†#
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board in July 2011. He is Chairman of Spirent Communications plc. Before that he was Chief Executive of Yule Catto plc where he spent most of his career. He has also been a non-executive Director of Rotork plc and Chair of the Remuneration Committees at both Spirent Communications plc and Rotork plc

*Member of the Remuneration Committee
†Member of the Audit Committee
#Member of the Nominations Committee