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Oliver Whitehead CBE
Non-executive Chairman, Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee (aged 67)
Appointed to the Board of Minerva in July 2006. Chief Executive of Alfred McAlpine from May 1993 to August 2003 and from then until June 2007 was Chairman of Alfred McAlpine. Between March 2004 and February 2005 he was non-executive Chairman of ITNET plc. Formerly Group Chief Executive of Babcock International Group plc, having previously been an executive Director of AMEC plc and John Laing plc.
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Salmaan Hasan BA MBA
Chief Executive (aged 43)
Joined Minerva in July 2005 from Deutsche Postbank AG where, as Head of Property Finance, he ran the unit for 11 years concluding over £5 billion of structured property loans in the UK and Europe. Prior to this he worked at Industrial Bank of Japan and Samuel Montagu in London. He is responsible, alongside the Board, in setting the strategy of the Group, day to day management and new business initiatives.
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Ivan Ezekiel BSC FCA ATII CF
Finance Director (aged 42)
Responsible for finance, accounting, tax and co-ordination of management and external reporting. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and worked for Capital and Regional Properties plc for three years as Group Financial Controller before joining Minerva plc in November 1997 as Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed to the Board in March 2005.
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Tim Garnham BSC
Group Development Director (aged 51)
Joined Minerva in January 1998 from the Trafalgar House Property Group where, as Deputy Managing Director, he was responsible for the UK development programme including a number of major London developments. He is responsible for the overall control of the Group’s development activities.
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John McNeil BA
Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee (aged 48)
Appointed to the Board of Minerva in July 2007. He initially trained as a barrister and has spent over 20 years working in various aspects of finance in the UK and internationally. Between 1997 and 2000, he was head of corporate finance in the UK for J. Henry Schroder & Co Limited and between 2000 and 2001 served as head of UK investment banking for Schroder Salomon Smith Barney. Between 2001 and 2006, he worked for Citigroup Corporate and Investment Bank, first as head of European Investment Banking and then as a senior consultant. He retired from full time investment banking in 2005 and presently serves as a non-executive director of Mecom Group plc.
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John Matthews FCA
Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee (aged 64)
Worked in the corporate finance department of NM Rothschild before joining County NatWest which he was with for 20 years, latterly as Managing Director. In 1988 he became Deputy Chief Executive of Beazer plc leaving prior to its acquisition in 1991. He was then with Indosuez Capital Ltd until 1994 when he left to concentrate on a portfolio of non-executive appointments including at Crest Nicholson plc where he was non-executive director from 1992, becoming Chairman from 1996 until the company's acquisition in April 2007. He was also a director of Center Parcs (UK) Group plc from 2003 until it was sold in 2006. He is currently Chairman of Regus Group plc, and a non-executive director of Rotork plc, SDL plc and Diploma plc.
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Clive Richards OBE DL FCA FCMA FMIM
Non-executive Director, Senior Independent Director, member of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee (aged 71)
Following six years at Peat Marwick Mitchell (now part of KPMG) in 1960 he joined Wedd Durlacher Mordant, subsequently a major constituent part of Credit Suisse where he became Managing Partner. From 1970 to 1976 he worked at N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd where he rose to become Group Finance Director. In 1976 he left to set up his own investment and financial services company Clive Richards & Co which has been involved in a number of successful ventures. He is currently non-executive Chairman of Intelligent Environments Group plc and Alpha Insurance Analysts Limited. Appointed to the Board of Minerva in November 1996.
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Christopher Sheridan FCIB MSI
Non-executive Director, member of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee (aged 65)
Joined Samuel Montagu & Co Limited in 1962 and became a Director in 1974. He was appointed head of Samuel Montagu’s Treasury Division, with overall responsibility for all the bank’s dealing activities, in 1976. He was Chief Executive of Samuel Montagu from 1984 to 1994, where as head of merchant banking of the Midland Bank Group he oversaw the changes during “Big Bang” as well as the integration into HSBC. He is non-executive Director of Alpha Bank London Limited, Hanover Acceptances Limited, Standard Bank plc and Deputy Chairman of Inspace plc. Appointed to the Board of Minerva in November 1996.
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