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Meet the President and Directors of St. James’s Place plc.

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President

Sir Mark Weinberg

President

Sir Mark Weinberg President Sir Mark founded the St. James’s Place Group with Mike Wilson in 1991 and was Chairman of the Group until September 2004, when he resigned from the Board and was appointed President of the Company. He currently chairs the Investment Committee. He originally practised as a barrister and was formerly Deputy Chairman of the Securities and Investments Board, the forerunner to the Financial Services Authority. He is the Chairman of the Pension Corporation and of Synergy Insurance and was appointed to the Board of GuestInvest Group in November 2007.
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Executive Directors

Mike Wilson

Chairman

Mike Wilson Chairman Mike has worked in the financial services industry since 1963 and founded the St. James’s Place Group with Sir Mark Weinberg in 1991. He was Chief Executive until September 2004. Mike is a trustee of the St. James’s Place Foundation and member of the Nomination Committee. He was formerly Chairman of the Mental Health Foundation and a non-executive director of Vendôme Luxury Group plc between 1993 and 1998.
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David Bellamy

Chief Executive

David Bellamy Chief Executive David joined the Group in April 1991, was appointed to the Board in September 1997 and became Chief Executive in May 2007, having previously fulfilled the roles of Group Operations Director and Managing Director. He has worked in the financial services industry since 1973 and is a trustee of the St. James’s Place Foundation.
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Andrew Croft

Group Finance Director

Andrew Croft Group Finance Director Andrew joined the Group as Financial Accountant in 1993 and was promoted to various roles culminating in his appointment as Group Finance Director in September 2004. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1988 and has a degree in Accounting and Economics from Southampton University. He is a member of the Investment Committee and a trustee of the St. James’s Place Foundation.
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Ian Gascoigne

Group Sales Director

Ian Gascoigne Group Sales Director Ian was appointed to the Board as Group Sales Director in January 2003. He has worked in the financial services industry since 1986, joined the Group in December 1991 and was appointed to the Board of St. James’s Place UK plc in 1997. He has a degree from Lancaster University and an MA from Leicester University and is also a trustee of the St. James’s Place Foundation.
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David Lamb

Group Business Development Director

David Lamb Group Business Development Director David joined the Group in 1992 with responsibility for the finance department. More recently he has had responsibility for developing the Group’s wealth management offering and fund management range and was promoted to the position of Group Business Development Director in December 2001 and to the Board in December 2007. He is a member of the Investment Committee. David is a graduate of City University, London and a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
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Non-Executive Directors

Sarah Bates

Non-Executive Director

Sarah Bates Non-Executive Director Sarah joined the Board as an independent non-executive Director in September 2004 and is a member of the Investment and Risk Committees. She is a director of various listed investment trusts and strategic investment adviser to the Merseyside and East Riding Pension Funds. Sarah is lay adviser to the investment committee of the Royal College of Surgeons and a member of Newnham College, Cambridge and the Cancer Research UK Pension Fund Investment Committees. She has a law degree from Trinity Hall, Cambridge and an MBA from the London Business School.

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Jo Dawson

Non-Executive Director

Jo Dawson Non-Executive Director Jo was appointed to the Board as a non-independent, non-executive Director on 31 May 2006 representing HBOS plc. She is Chief Executive of Retail Distribution, Insurance and Investment at HBOS plc and joined the HBOS board on 1 May 2006. She originally joined Halifax in June 2000 as General Manager, Retail Sales, having held senior positions at Nat West and Green Flag. Jo is a graduate of Cambridge and has an MBA from Warwick Business School. She is also a member of the Board of the Association of British Insurers.

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Andy Hornby

Non-Executive Director

Andy Hornby Non-Executive Director Andy was appointed to the Board as a non-independent, non-executive Director on 31 May 2006 representing HBOS plc. He joined the Board of Halifax plc as Chief Executive, Halifax Retail in 1999, having previously held senior positions at Blue Circle and Asda. He was appointed Chief Executive of HBOS plc in July 2006 and is also a non-executive director of Home Retail Group. Andy graduated from Oxford and has an MBA from Harvard.

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Derek Netherton

Non-Executive Director

Derek Netherton Non-Executive Director Derek is an independent non-executive Director, appointed in May 1996. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. Derek is Chairman of Greggs plc and is a non-executive director of Next PLC. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and was formerly a director of J. Henry Schroder & Co Limited.

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Mike Power

Non-Executive Director

Mike Power Non-Executive Director Mike joined the Board as an independent non-executive Director in May 2005. He is Chairman of the Risk Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. He is Professor of Accounting and a Research Director of the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he has worked since 1987. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and an Associate of the UK Chartered Institute of Taxation. He sits on the risk management committee of the London School of Economics and lectures and writes on risk management, regulation and compliance issues.

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Michael Sorkin

Senior Independent Director

Michael Sorkin Senior Independent Director Michael was appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive Director in January 2002. He was appointed Senior Independent Director in May 2005, is Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees and a member of the Audit Committee. He joined Hambros Bank in 1968 and was a director of Hambros plc between 1986 and 1999 and a Managing Director of S G Hambros from 1999 to 2001. He is Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at N M Rothschild Corporate Finance Limited and a non-executive director of J Z Equity Partners plc.

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Roger Walsom

Non-Executive Director

Roger Walsom Non-Executive Director Roger was appointed to the Board as an independent non-executive Director in July 2005 and is a member of the Risk and Remuneration Committees. After several years in the financial services industry, he graduated in law from Southampton University and qualified as a solicitor in 1980 with a City law firm. He became a partner at Ashurst, another leading City law firm, in 1988, specialising in the financial services industry. He retired as a partner in April 2005 but continues as a consultant to Ashurst. He is a non-executive director of The Pensions Regulator and a director of Invesco Income Growth Trust plc.

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