Committee

Committee

Members

Main Board

The Board is responsible for strategic and major operational issues affecting the Group. It reviews financial performance, regulatory compliance and monitors key performance indicators and will consider any matters of significance to the Group including corporate activity.

Sir David Rowe-Ham - Chairman
Jonathan Keeling - Chief Executive Officer
Trevor Norris - Group Finance Director & Company Secretary
Tony Bartlett - Non-Executive Director
Howard Flight - Non-Executive Director

Philip Dayer - Non-Executive Director
Grahame Whateley - Non-Executive Director

Remuneration Committee

The Committee has responsibility for determining remuneration of Executive Directors. This Committee also reviews bonus and equity arrangements for the Group's other senior employees and in addition has responsibility for supervising the Arden Partners Share Options Scheme and the grant of options under its terms.

Sir David Rowe-Ham - Chairman
Philip Dayer

Audit Committee

The Committee has responsibilities including the monitoring and review of the Group's internal control environment, financial risks (including market risk in relation to the Group's market making activities), financial statements, reports and announcements and ensuring the Company has a policy which allows any member of staff to raise, in confidence, any concern about possible impropriety in matters of financial reporting or other matters, and to ensure that suitable arrangements are in place for a proportionate independent investiation of such matters including any follow-up action required.

Philip Dayer - Chairman
Sir David Rowe-Ham

Operations Structure

There are two divisional Boards which are representative of the two main revenue lines for the Group. These are the Equities Board and the Corporate Finance Board and each comprises Heads of Department and managers. Both Boards meet monthly.

An Operations Committee has replaced the Operations Board and is responsible for implementation of strategy and for monitoring progress of delivery of key objectives. It also reviews financial performance against budgets and key performance indicators.

Steve Wassell - Chairman

Jonathan Keeling
Trevor Norris
Stephen Cooper

Risk Committee

The Committee is charged with monitoring risk exposures including those which arise though trading and holding financial instruments, regulatory and compliance, capital adequacy and financial reporting risk.

Trevor Norris - Chairman

Steve Wassell

Stephen Cooper

Mark Braddock