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Board of DirectorsDirectorsBoard of DirectorsLord BellChairmanPiers PottingerDeputy ChairmanChristopher SatterthwaiteChief ExecutiveMark SmithFinance DirectorRodger HughesSenior Non-Executive *‡#Dave AllenNon-Executive(resigned 16 December 2008)Hon. Richard Alston(appointed 2 July 2008)Non-ExecutiveCatherine Biner BradleyNon-Executive *‡#Paul RichardsonNon-Executive *‡#* Member of the Audit Committee‡ Member of the Remuneration Committee# Member of the Nominations CommitteeCOMPANY SECRETARYRobert DavisonLord Bell, aged 67ChairmanLord Bell is one of the best known figures inthe United Kingdom communications industry.He helped found Saatchi & Saatchi in 1970,and as International Chairman he took Saatchi& Saatchi into its position as the first BritishNo. 1 worldwide advertising agency in 1981.He successfully ran the publicity campaigns forthe Conservative Party for the general electionsin 1979, 1983 and 1987.He was appointed Deputy Chairman of LoweHoward-Spink & Bell plc in 1985 and remainedin that position until the formation of ChimeCommunications in 1989. He advised thechairmen of many of Britain’s leadingcompanies and organisations as well as foreignheads of state and international businessleaders and politicians. He was awarded aknighthood in 1990 by Lady Thatcher in herresignation honours and a peerage byTony Blair.Piers Pottinger, aged 55Deputy ChairmanFollowing three years at J Henry SchroderWagg & Co Limited, Piers Pottinger spentthree years as an analyst with stockbrokersLaurence Prust. In 1978, he joined CharlesBarker. He spent two years as Director ofMedia Relations at Manufacturers HanoverTrust in New York before returning to Londonas Managing Director of Sterling FinancialPublic Relations in 1982. He joined GoodRelations City (now Bell Pottinger Corporate &Financial) as Managing Director in 1985 andwas also a director of Good Relations Groupplc. He is currently Chairman of Sportech plc,a Vice President of the National Society forEpilepsy, a Trustee of the Foundation forLiver Research and a director of Racing Welfare.Christopher Satterthwaite, aged 52Chief ExecutiveChristopher Satterthwaite began hiscommercial career as a graduate trainee atHJ Heinz. Since his grounding on the clientside, he has worked for three different kinds ofmarketing communication agencies; IMP 1981– 1993, then the UK’s largest sales promotionand direct marketing agency; HHCL & Partners1993 – 2000, Campaign’s 1990s ‘AdvertisingAgency of the Decade’; and Bell Pottinger2000 – 2001, the UK’s leading Public Relationsagency. Christopher was appointed ChiefExecutive of Chime Communications plc in2002. He is a Non-Executive Director ofCentaur Media plc, appointed in July 2007and is Chairman of The Marketing Society.Mark Smith, aged 53Finance DirectorMark Smith has been a Chartered Accountantsince 1978, having qualified with Touche Ross& Co (now Deloitte LLP). Following two yearsas European Finance Director at RCA Records,he joined Good Relations Group plc in 1984and became its Group Finance Director in1985. In 1986 he became Finance Director ofLowe Bell Communications (now Bell PottingerGroup) and Finance Director of ChimeCommunications at the time of themanagement buy-out in 1989. Since 1989he has also been responsible for all Chime’scorporate transactions. Mark is aNon-Executive Director of Holiday ExtrasHoldings Limited.32Chime Communications plc