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Laurence has served as chairman of the Appointments Committee since January 2009. He has also served as a member of the Audit
Committee since January 2009 and was chairman of that committee from December 2010 to August 2013.
John Hartnett
John Hartnett was appointed to the Board with effect from 1 January 2014 and is a senior technology executive & investor based in Silicon
Valley, California. A native of Limerick, John is founder and Chief Executive Officer of SVG Partners LLC, a Silicon Valley investment &
advisory firm. He is also founder and president of the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG), a network of global Irish technology
leaders whose main focus is to foster the links between Ireland and Silicon Valley in the areas of innovation, investment, education and
entrepreneurship. He currently serves on the board of University of Limerick Foundation and also serves as Executive Chairman of
Daybreak Information Technologies, chairman of Sisaf Limited and Director of Mcor Technologies. He served on Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton’s Northern Ireland Working Committee 2009 - 2011. He is a member of the Irish Government’s Global Irish Network advisory
group and the Global Irish Economic Forum. John has over 25 years of executive level experience leading global sales, marketing, and
operations. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer at G24 Innovations, a leading thin film solar company. He held the position of senior
vice president of global markets at Palm, Inc., (Nasdaq: PALM), where he was responsible for worldwide sales, service and support. At
Metacreations, (Nasdaq: MCRE), he was senior vice president of worldwide marketing and operations. He has also held senior management
positions at Claris/Apple, Teradata, Digital Equipment (DEC) and Wang Computers.
John’s extensive executive level experience in the information technology sector enables him to bring significant insight to the Board in that
regard.
John has served as a member of the Appointments Committee since January 2014.
Nigel Northridge
Nigel Northridge was appointed to the Board with effect from 1 January 2014. Nigel is from Belfast and started his career with Gallaher
Limited. Nigel worked for Gallaher Group from 1976 to 2007 where he was promoted to group Chief Executive Officer in 2000. Nigel also
spent a year with Japan Tobacco International in 2007-2008 to help ensure the successful integration of Gallaher following its acquisition.
He is Non-Executive Chairman of the board of Paddy Power plc, a board he joined in 2003 and served as senior independent Director as
well as chairman of its remuneration committee prior to assuming the role of chairman of its board. He is currently chairman of the board of
Debenhams plc, the retailer, a role he assumed in 2010 and is also a Non Executive Director of Inchcape plc, the automotive retailer. Nigel
was a non-executive member of the board of Aggreko plc from 2002 to 2010 where he was chairman of its remuneration committee and
served as senior independent director from 2005 to 2010. Between 2008 and 2010 he was a non-executive director of Thomas Cook Group
plc.
Nigel’s extensive executive and non-executive experience enables him to make a significant contribution to the deliberations of the Board
and his previous remuneration experience is particularly relevant to his role as chairman of the Board’s Remuneration Committee.
Nigel has served as chairman of the Remuneration Committee since January 2014, at which time he was also appointed as a member of the
Appointments Committee.
Frank O’Connor
Frank O’Connor was appointed to the Board with effect from 14 March 2014. He is co-founder and, since 2002, Chief Executive Officer of
Airtel ATN Limited, an independent supplier of data communication solutions for the aerospace industry. Frank has over 20 years of
experience in aviation in the field of aeronautical telecommunications networks, having joined Retix as software engineering manager in
1990 prior to co-founding Airtel ATN Limited in 1998. Prior to Retix, Frank spent four years at CACI where he managed the Dublin office
and was responsible for the development of simulation tools. Frank started his career at Systems Dynamics, where he spent eight years
including two in Germany and the Netherlands. Frank has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from University College Dublin.
Frank's significant executive level experience in founding and leading a supplier of data communication solutions to the aviation and
aerospace industry enables him to bring a particular insight to the Board in that regard.
Nicola Shaw
Nicola Shaw was appointed to the Board on 25 January 2010. Nicola is chief executive officer at High Speed 1, the railway between St
Pancras in London and the Channel Tunnel that connects with the international high speed routes between London and Paris and London
and Brussels. Prior to that Nicola served as director for the UK, Ireland and Germany of FirstGroup plc’s bus division. She previously
worked in senior positions in both the UK Strategic Rail Authority and the Office of the Rail Regulator. She was also a transport consultant
with Bechtel and Halcrow Fox and holds a BA in modern history and economics from Oxford University and an MSc in transport from
MIT.
Nicola’s significant experience in the transport sector enables her to bring directly relevant skills and expertise to the Board. Her
understanding of the financial and performance fundamentals of listed companies and those in the transport sector make her ideally suited
for membership of both the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Nicola has served as a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees since June 2010 and assumed the chairmanship of the Audit
Committee in August 2013.