Gordon F Page CBE, DL, MA, RAES
Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Page, age 64, joined the board in June 2004. He is non-executive chairman of AirTanker Holdings Limited and PH Warr plc. He is a director of Cobham plc where he was Chief Executive from 1992-2001 and Chairman from 2001-08, and Lockheed Martin UK Holdings Limited. He is Pro-Chancellor, Cranfield University and a Governor of Canford School. Mr Page is Chairman of the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Industrial Development Advisory Board, Chairman of the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Economic development partnership, and a member of the South West Innovation and Science Council. Mr Page previously held a number of senior commercial and marketing positions at Rolls-Royce plc. He is a past president of the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Society of British Aerospace Companies and the Chartered Management Institute. He was awarded the CBE in 2000 and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Cranfield University in 2003. He is chairman of the nomination committee.

Joe Oatley
Chief Executive

Mr Oatley, age 39, joined the company in September 2007 as chief executive, having spent 3 years as managing director of Weir Strachan & Henshaw. Prior to that his experience was predominantly in the engineering sector in a variety of roles including managing director, and in strategy development and acquisitions. Mr Oatley has a Masters Degree in Engineering from Cambridge University.

Paul Crompton BA, FCA
Finance Director

Mr Crompton, age 47, joined the Company in 1994 as finance director. A graduate in finance and business studies, he is a chartered accountant, having spent five years at Ernst & Young. Prior to joining Hamworthy, Mr Crompton held senior financial and general management roles within the electronics and aerospace industries including a main board directorship at Penny & Giles International plc. He is chairman of Trustees of the Hamworthy Pension Scheme.

James Wilding MA, FCA
Non-Executive Director

Mr Wilding, age 48, joined the board in 2002. He is a managing director at AlixPartners, the performance improvement and restructuring firm, and previously was a principal of Nikko Principal Investments Limited, the private equity house. Mr Wilding is a chartered accountant and was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1994 to 2000. He is chairman of the remuneration committee.

Alan Frost BSC
Non-Executive Director

Mr Frost, age 63, joined the board in June 2004 and is also currently the chairman of Teachers Building Society, chairman of Bournemouth University and Dorset Opera, and a non-executive director of NFU Mutual Insurance Society Limited and INVESCO Pensions Ltd. Mr Frost has over 40 years of experience in the financial services sector, including 10 years as managing director of Abbey Life Assurance and chief executive of United Assurance Group plc. He is the senior independent director and is chairman of the audit committee.