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5 Peter Cawdron Non-executive Chairman
Peter Cawdron, 64, was appointed Non-executive Chairman in January
2007, having joined Punch as a Non-executive Director in May 2003.
He retired from the Board of Grand Metropolitan plc in 1997, where he
had held the position of Group Strategy Director for 10 years and Group
Planning Director for 4 years. Previously, he had spent 6 years in the United
States as Chief Financial Officer of D’Arcy MacManus & Masius Worldwide,
Inc., the international advertising agency business based in New York and 7
years at S.G.Warburg & Co. Ltd in London. He qualified as a Chartered
Accountant in 1966 at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. He is a Non-executive
Director of a number of companies, including GCap Media plc, ProStrakan
plc, Capita Group plc and Johnston Press plc.
6 Fritz Ternofsky Senior Independent Non-executive Director
Fritz Ternofsky, 63, was appointed Senior Independent Non-executive
Director of Punch in May 2002. He was previously a member of the
board of Compass from 1993 to 2000, also serving as Chief Executive
for UK and Scandinavia from 1993 to 1999. He is currently a Senior Nonexecutive
Director of Care UK plc. He is also Chairman of Close Income,
Growth VCT plc, Kew Green Hotels and Wates Group, a privately owned
construction company.
8 Mike Foster Independent Non-executive Director
Mike Foster, 62, was appointed Independent Non-executive Director of
Punch with effect from May 2002. Prior to his appointment he was Chief
Executive of Inntrepreneur Estates from 1995 until 1998, Chief Executive of
Courage Limited from 1987 until 1995, Chairman of Leisurelink Ltd from
1998 until its sale in 2001, Chairman of the British Pub & Beer Association
from 1998 until 2001 and Non-executive Director of Geest from 1993 until
1999. He currently has two other Non-executive Directorships: Roxton Bailey
Robinson Ltd and Innserve Ltd.
9 Randl Shure Independent Non-executive Director
Randl Shure, 43, was appointed Independent Non-executive Director of
Punch in October 1999. Prior to founding CapVest he was head of BT
Capital Partners, which he joined in 1997 after working for 12 years with
Bankers Trust. He was a director of the original Punch Taverns Limited,
formed for the acquisition of the Bass portfolio. He previously served as
a director of Virgin Rail, Vaasan & Vaasan OY, IP Powerhouse, Ubiquity
Software plc and Spirit Group, and is currently a director of FoodVest Limited,
The Mater Private, Young’s Bluecrest Limited and Findus AB.
7 Ian Fraser Independent Non-executive Director
Ian Fraser, 50, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director
in September 2004. He is currently Chief Executive of Kwik Fit, having
previously been Trading Director of Safeway Stores plc and Chief Operating
Officer of Orange UK. Ian is a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Scotland.
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