MH Templeman - Chairman

Chairman of the Nomination Committee

Appointed to the Board in March 2002 and became Chairman in October 2005. He was formerly Group Marketing Director of Whitbread and Managing Director of the Whitbread Beer Company, where he was responsible for developing Stella Artois into the leading premium lager in the UK. In 2001 he took up a variety of directorships and consultancy roles. He is currently Director General of the Institute of Directors but steps down in September 2011. He is a Non-Executive Director of Melrose plc.

JB Neame - Chief Executive

Pension trustee

Joined the Company in 1991. Was Company Secretary until July 1994 and Tied Trade Director until 1999 when he was appointed Managing Director; he was appointed Chief Executive in 2003. He is a Barrister-at-law and was a Management Consultant with the COBA Group from 1987 to 1991. He is a Non-Executive Director of the St Austell Brewery Company Ltd, and in 2011 was appointed a Trustee of the Leeds Castle Foundation. He is a Director of the British Beer and Pub Association and Chairman of its Future Beer Group.

RL Nicol - Non-Executive Director

Pension Trustee

Appointed to the Board in November 2003. He is a retired Scottish qualified solicitor and previously served in the Scots Guards. He has other business interests in agriculture, forestry, insurance and leisure.

JH Leigh-Pemberton - Non-Executive Director

Chairman of the Audit Committee

Appointed to the Board in September 2004. He is Chief Executive of Credit Suisse UK. He is also a Non-Executive Director of RIT Capital Partners plc.

OWA Barnes - Non-Executive Director

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Appointed to the Board in October 2005. He is a consultant to the City law firm Travers Smith where he was previously a partner for over 25 years. Until August 2011 he was a member of the Law Society's Company Law Committee on which he had served for over 12 years.

M J RIDER - Finance and IT Director

Appointed to the Board on 28 February 2012, he worked for J Sainsbury plc where he had been Head of Finance, Food, since 2008. He joined Sainsbury's in 2001 and held a number of senior finance roles including Head of Financial Planning & Corporate Finance and Group Financial Controller. Prior to joining Sainsbury's he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (UK).

KR Littlefair - Finance and IT Director
RETIRED 28 February 2012

Joined the Company and was appointed to the Board as Finance Director in April 2000. He took on responsibility for IT in 2003. He is a chartered accountant who gained experience with Ernst & Young before joining London International Group plc, where he was Finance Director of the European Division and then the Operations Division.

GHA Barnes - Property and Tenanted Trade Director

Joined the Company in 1978. He is a chartered surveyor and was appointed to the Board in January 2001. He is also South East Regional Chair of the Institute of Licensing.

NJ Bunting - Retail Director

Joined the Company in 1993. He has held various management positions including responsibility for the Free On Trade and National Sales. He was operations manager for Tenanted pubs from 2001 to 2003 as well as retail pubs operations manager from 2003. He was appointed to the Board in August 2005. He is a Non-Executive Director of Davy & Co Ltd, Chairman of the Independent Family Brewers of Britain Operations Group and a Director of Visit Kent.

G Craig - Sales and Marketing Director

Joined the Company in May 2006 and was appointed to the Board in July 2006. He was previously at PepsiCo for 12 years, latterly as Convenience Director, responsible for Walkers, Quaker and Tropicana products.

TW Falcon - Production and Distribution Director

Appointed to the Board in July 2008, he worked for Maersk Company Ltd, part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk group, the world leader in shipping, where he was Director of Strategy and Process Excellence. Prior to Maersk he spent three years with A T Kearney management consultants. He is a member of the British Beer and Pub Association's Future Beer Group and a member of the Supervisory Committee of Campden BRI.

RHB Neame, CBE DCL DL - President

Chairman of the Pension Trustees

Joined the Company in 1956 and was appointed to the Board in 1957. Was appointed Executive Chairman in 1971 and served in this role until October 2005. He retired from the Board in June 2006. He is the Company's first President and is Chairman of the trustees of the Shepherd Neame Company Retirement Account. In July 2008 he received an Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law at the University of Kent and on 16 December 2010 he was appointed an Honorary Alderman by Kent County Council in recognition of his service to the County Council and the people of Kent.

FJ Lester - Company Secretary

Joined the Company as Company Secretary in September 2004. She qualified as a Chartered Secretary in South Africa where she worked in the manufacturing sector. On return to the UK in 1986, she initially worked in the same sector and then in the leisure industry as Company Secretary for the Tussauds Group.