Cenkos Securities Plc

Anthony was appointed as an Executive Director and to the position of Chief Executive Officer in August 2017 prior to this Anthony had been a Non-executive Director of the Company since May 2012. Anthony joined the Bank of England in 1978 and worked in the Economics Division, Governor’s Office and Money Markets Division. He subsequently worked for McKinsey & Company and then the corporate finance division of S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd. He was a Director of S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd. from 1992 to 1995 and subsequently Managing Director and Head of the Financial Institutions Group, SBC / UBS Warburg until 1998. He was a Non-executive Director of Henderson Group plc and Chairman of its subsidiary companies, London Life and Towry Law, before their sale. Anthony has an MPhil in Economics from Nuffield College, Oxford and a PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He is also the Deputy Director of the Centre for Financial History, Darwin College, Cambridge and an associate member of the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.

Philip was appointed Finance Director on 13 September 2017. Prior to this Philip was the UK Chief Financial Officer & Compliance Lead of Curo Financial Technologies Corp. Philip has spent many years in the UK financial services sector having held positions as the Finance, Risk & Compliance Director, Bluefin Advisory Services Limited, a subsidiary of AXA UK plc; Chief Operating Officer of Towry Law UK (then a subsidiary of Henderson Group plc); and Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Money (then a fellow subsidiary of Henderson Group plc). Philip is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with Hodgson Impey (London), and having spent a number of years working with Price Waterhouse (London).

Gerry was appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company in April 2012 and Chairman of the Company in May 2012. Gerry enjoyed a long career as a fund manager and was an executive Director of Schroders Investment Management Limited until 2002, managing both institutional segregated and pooled pension funds and unit trusts. He is currently Non-executive Chairman of Electric & General Investment Fund. He was previously an executive Director of Majedie Investments plc and a Non-executive Director of Henderson Company plc, Mecom Company plc, Iveagh Limited, Linear Investments Limited and Omnis Investments Limited. Gerry is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Andrew Boorman was appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company in November 2017. Andrew has extensive financial services experience and has worked with main boards covering remuneration, finance, and risk issues as well as setting business strategies and delivering change management programmes. Since 2013, Andrew has acted as a consultant and has advised boards on strategic human resources issues including, governance, risk management and remuneration. Andrew has previously held a number of senior roles at Henderson Group Plc over a period of 10 years, including Managing Director, Corporate Services, and Group HR Director. Prior to this Andrew held a number of senior Human Resources roles with AMP Group. Andrew is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Jeff was appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company in June 2008. Jeff was the Group Finance Director of Electrocomponents plc from 1996 to 2005 and Deputy Chairman from 2000 to 2005. Prior to 1996 he held various executive Director roles, having started his career with Arthur Andersen, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, and The Boston Consulting Group. He is a Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust plc and Chairman of Electrocomponents Pension Trustees. He was previously Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of The John Lewis Partnership and was the Senior Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Vesuvius plc. He has also been the Chairman or Non-executive Director of several other listed and private companies. Jeff is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and the Nomination Committees.

Joe was appointed to the Board in June 2012. Joe has over 35 years’ experience in the UK securities industry having first joined Williams de Broe in 1976 as an investment analyst. He went on to become an institutional stockbroker covering a wide range of clients in the UK and Europe. In 1992 he was a founder of the institutional corporate finance department at Williams de Broe where he gained extensive experience as a corporate broker across a broad range of sectors in IPO’s, secondary fund raisings and takeovers and mergers, particularly in natural resources. Joe is one of the founder shareholders of Cenkos. He is the Head of the Natural Resources team.

Paul was appointed to the Board in June 2012. Paul has over 30 years’ experience in the UK securities industry having first joined Laurie Milbank as an insurance analyst in 1981. He subsequently worked for a number of financial institutions and was a top ranked composite insurance analyst in the City for several years, specialising in the assessment of insurers’ exposure to long-tail liability claims relating to tobacco and lead. Paul is one of the founder shareholders of Cenkos.