Directors
Scott Dobbie CBE
Chairman
Scott Dobbie, Chairman, was appointed on 25 April 2001. He has worked with Wood Mackenzie & Co. and its successor companies since 1972 and remains a senior adviser to Deutsche Bank. He is Chairman of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc, former Chairman of The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and a director of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
Alastair Barbour *
Director
Alastair Barbour was appointed on the 1 April 2011. He is a chartered accountant and was formerly a partner of KPMG and has specialised in financial services with extensive experience in advising on accounting, financial reporting and corporate governance. He is also a director of RSA Insurance Group plc, LionTrust Asset Management plc and of CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd.
Edmond Warner **
Director
Edmond Warner was appointed on 27 November 2008. He is Chairman of UK Athletics, the sport’s national governing body with a mandate to lead it through to London 2012, investment bank Panmure Gordon & Co, and online derivatives exchange LMAX. He has been a top ranked investment strategist in the surveys of institutional investors, and a leading commentator on financial and business matters in both the press and broadcast media. He is also a non-executive director at Clarkson PLC, Grant Thornton UK LLP and The Eastern European Trust.
David Warnock
Director
David Warnock was appointed on 26 January 2009. He has over 30 years’ investment experience in both public and private companies, in both the UK and USA. He co-founded Aberforth Partners LLP and was a partner for 19 years until his retirement from the firm in 2008, prior to which he was with Ivory & Sime plc for four years and before that with 3i Group plc for seven years. He is also a non-executive director of Phoenix IT Group plc, British Polythene Industries PLC, Troy Income & Growth Trust plc and a number of private companies.
Donald Workman
Director
Donald Workman was appointed on 1 December 2006. He is an employee of The Royal Bank of Scotland currently managing the relationship with the Asset Protection Agency (an Agency of HM Treasury). Previously he was a member of the Managing Board of ABN AMRO responsible for the Global Banking and Markets business and for the separation of the domestic and wholesale activities of ABN AMRO following its acquisition by a consortium led by RBS. Since joining RBS in 1992 his responsibilities have included strategic planning and implementation, head of change management and he was responsible for RBS corporate markets relationship with Bank of China. He is also a non-executive director of Bank of China (UK) Ltd and of Star Capital Partners.
* Alastair Barbour is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
** Edmond Warner has been nominated as the Senior Independent Director.
All of the directors, except Scott Dobbie, are members of the Audit Committee.
All of the directors are members of the Management Engagement and Nominations Committees.
