Board of Directors Executive Management       Board of Directors                   Alf Duch-Pedersen (61) CHAIRMAN Alf was appointed to the board in May 2004 and became chairman of the board in June 2006. He is also chairman of the Nomination Committee. Alf’s career has involved managing multi-national companies covering a range of industries from manufacturing and financial services to food and food products. He was president and chief executive of Tryg-Baltica A/S from 1991 to 1997 and fulfilled the same roles at Danisco A/S from 1997 to 2006. He is now chairman of the board of Danske Bank A/S, a member of the board of the Technical University of Denmark, chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark and chairman of the Danish government’s committee to modernise Danish corporate legislation.                 Nick Buckles (47) CHIEF EXECUTIVE Nick was appointed to the board in May 2004 and was the company’s deputy chief executive and chief operating officer. He became chief executive in July 2005. Nick joined Securicor in 1985 as a projects accountant. In 1996 he was appointed managing director of Securicor Cash Services and became chief executive of the security division of Securicor in 1999. He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc in 2000 and became its chief executive in January 2002. Nick is a non-executive director of Arriva plc.                 Trevor Dighton (58) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Trevor was appointed to the board in May 2004. An accountant, he joined Securicor in 1995 after a previous career which included posts in both the accountancy profession and in industry, including five years in Papua New Guinea, three years in Zambia and seven years with BET plc. He joined Securicor’s vehicle services division in 1995, was appointed finance director of its security division in 1997 and became its deputy group finance director in 2001. He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc as group finance director in June 2002. Trevor became the company’s chief financial officer in July 2004.                 Grahame Gibson (55) CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Grahame was appointed to the board in April 2005. He joined Group 4 in 1983, starting as finance director (UK) and then deputy managing director (UK), followed by a number of senior group roles, including vice president (corporate strategy), vice president (finance and administration), vice president operations (UK, Central & South Eastern Europe) and, in 2000, chief operating officer of Group 4 Falck. In July 2004, he became the company’s divisional president for Americas & New Markets. Grahame became the company’s chief operating officer in July 2005.                 Thorleif Krarup (55) NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Thorleif was appointed to the board in May 2004 and is chairman of the Audit Committee. A former chairman of TDC (Tele Danmark Corporation) and former group chief executive of Nykredit A/S, Unibank A/S and Nordea AB, Thorleif is currently chairman of Exiqon A/S and Sport One Danmark A/S. He is also deputy chairman of H. Lundbeck A/S, ALK-Abello A/S and LFI A/S and a director of Bang & Olufsen A/S, Brightpoint Inc. and the Lundbeck Foundation.                 Sir Malcolm Williamson (69) SENIOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR Malcolm was appointed to the board in May 2004 and is the senior independent director and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. After a 28-year career with Barclays Bank plc, he became managing director of Girobank plc and a member of the UK Post Office board in 1985. In 1989 he joined Standard Chartered plc, being group chief executive from 1993 to 1998. Between 1998 and 2004 he was president and CEO of Visa International, Inc. He is chairman of Signet Group plc, CDC Group plc, National Australia Group Europe Limited and Clydesdale Bank plc, deputy chairman of Resolution plc and a non-executive director of National Australia Bank Ltd and JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings.                 Mark Elliott (58) NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mark was appointed to the board in September 2006 and is a member of the Remuneration Committee. Until he retired in April 2008, Mark was General Manager, Global Solution Sales, for IBM. Based in the USA, he joined IBM in 1970 and occupied a number of senior management positions in that company including General Manager, IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa where he was responsible for that company’s operations in over 120 countries. Mark is a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council and the Technology Advisory Council at Indiana University.                 Lord Condon (61) DEPUTY CHAIRMAN Lord Condon was appointed to the board in May 2004. He became deputy chairman of the board in September 2006 and is chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. Paul joined the Metropolitan Police in 1967 and, after holding various senior appointments in the police force, including a period as Chief Constable of Kent, served as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between 1993 and 2000. He was created a life peer in 2001 and is President of the British Security Industry Association, an advisor to international sports governing bodies, a director of Tenix (Holdings) UK Limited and a member of the advisory board of Vidient Systems Inc.                 Bo Lerenius (61) NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bo was appointed to the board in May 2004 and is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. After a diverse early business career, he served as chief executive of Ernstromgruppen, a Swedish building materials business, between 1985 and 1992 when he joined Stena Line where he was chief executive and vice chairman. In 1999 he became group chief executive of Associated British Ports Holdings plc. He is a non-executive director of Land Securities Group plc and Thomas Cook Group plc, chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the United Kingdom and an advisor to the infrastructure fund of Swedish venture capital group, EQT.                 Mark Seligman (52) NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mark was appointed to the board in January 2006 and is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Having qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse, Mark spent 12 years with SG Warburg before joining BZW in 1995 and then, following the takeover of BZW, becoming head of UK Investment Banking at CSFB and subsequently deputy chairman of CSFB Europe. In 2003 he became chairman of UK Investment Banking for CSFB and in 2005 became a senior adviser to Credit Suisse Europe. He is an alternate member of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers and is a director of the Industrial Development Advisory Board.                   Back to top