Management Consulting Group PLC

Luiz Carvalho, aged 52, was appointed an Executive Director on 19 March 2008. He has dual US and Brazilian citizenship and resides in the US. After attending Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, he joined Alexander Proudfoot in 1982 and, following a series of promotions and international assignments, was appointed President of the Proudfoot American operations in 1999 and Chief Executive of Alexander Proudfoot worldwide in 2002. He is a member of the World Presidents organisation and serves on the Board of Directors of the Association of Management Consulting Firms.

Charles Ansley, aged 59, was appointed Company Secretary in April 2007, having joined the Group in 2001. He graduated in Law at the University of Sheffield and subsequently worked in the London office of KPMG. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Mark Wietecha, aged 52, was appointed an Executive Director on 19 March 2008. He is a US citizen and holds both MSc and MBA degrees. He is Chairman of Kurt Salmon Associates and has served in multiple leadership roles including Managing Director of the Health Services practice in his 25 years with the company. He is a prominent consulting practitioner in the health care sector in the US. He has served on the boards of the Institute for Bilingual Children, the Shepherd Spinal Center and the Medical Heritage Foundation.

Alan Barber, aged 62, joined the Board in April 2005. He is a non-executive director of Invesco English & International Trust PLC, JP Morgan Japanese Investment Trust PLC, Western & Oriental PLC, Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC and Impax Asian Environmental Markets PLC. He is a former non-executive director of lastminute.com PLC and Teather & Greenwood Holdings PLC and was a partner in KPMG’s London office until 2004. He was appointed Executive Chairman on 19 February 2008 and is a member of the Nominations Committee.

Craig Smith, aged 46, was appointed Finance Director on 26 April 2007. He graduated in Economics at the University of St. Andrews in 1985 and subsequently held finance positions with Coats Viyella PLC both in the UK and overseas. After leaving Coats Viyella in 1997 he was European Finance Director of two US based companies in the product identification and printing ink industries and then worked as Group Finance Director at Huntleigh Technology PLC from 2003 until he joined the Group. He is a qualified Certified Accountant.

Baroness Cohen, aged 69, joined the Board in August 2003. She was originally a solicitor, followed by a career in the Department of Trade and Industry and subsequently as a corporate financier and adviser in the Charterhouse Group. She sits as a Labour peer in the House of Lords. She is a non-executive director of the London Stock Exchange PLC and non-executive chairman of three private companies. She is the Senior Independent Director and a member of the Remuneration Committee, the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominations Committee.

Julian Waldron, aged 45, joined the Board on 8 October 2008. He is a UK citizen residing in France. He is currently chief financial officer of Technip, a French listed group providing project management, engineering and construction services for the oil and gas industry, which he joined in October 2008. Prior to this he was a managing director in corporate finance at UBS Warburg and the chief financial officer of Thomson SA. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee, the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominations Committee.

Stephen Ferriss, aged 64, joined the Board on 3 March 2006. He is a US citizen residing in London. He spent 17 years at Bank of America working in the United States of America and latterly in London and Madrid. In 1987 he joined Bankers Trust and served in various roles including managing director and partner of the Bankers Trust's Global Investment Bank in London and New York. He spent three years from 1999 to 2002 as President and CEO of Santander Central Hispano Investment Securities Inc. He is a non-executive director of Santander Bancorp in Puerto Rico and other privately owned companies. He is Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Andrew Simon, aged 64, joined the Board on 3 March 2006. He spent 23 years as the managing director, chief executive and chairman of the Evode Group PLC. Mr Simon holds an MBA from Wharton School of Finance in Philadelphia and has a diversified range of non-executive director and chairman positions. He is the non-executive Chairman of Azelis SA, a pan-European speciality chemicals company. He is a non-executive director of Dalkia PLC and Travis Perkins PLC in the UK and of Finning International Inc. in Canada. He sits on the supervisory board of SGL Carbon AG in Germany. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominations Committee.

Marco Lopinto, aged 47, was appointed Executive Director on 15 December 2009. He has dual French and Italian nationality. He is a graduate of the Lyon Business School (ÉM Lyon-France). He began his career at Arthur Andersen, where he became a partner in Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. Subsequently he worked for A T Kearney and Carrefour before joining Ineum Consulting in 2005 as a partner in the Communication, Media and Technology practice. He is currently in charge of the strategy practice and the business development of Ineum Consulting.

Chiheb Mahjoub, aged 45, was appointed Executive Director on 10 November 2009 and is Chief Executive of Ineum Consulting worldwide. He has dual French and Tunisian nationality and is a graduate of the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and Ensimag in Paris. Following a short period working in the derivatives market he helped to establish Summit Systems, a leader in derivatives trading packages. He joined Deloitte Consulting in 1995 and was a founding partner when it became Ineum Consulting in 2003. He has held various senior roles in the financial services practice while being instrumental in the international development of Ineum Consulting as a whole.

Nicholas Stagg, aged 50, was appointed Executive Director on 21 October 2009. He graduated in physics at University College, London and joined Thomson McLintock in 1981, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He worked in property investment companies before becoming group managing director of Lambert Smith Hampton PLC. Subsequently he was managing director of W S Atkins International PLC and then first COO and then CEO of Teather & Greenwood Holdings PLC, where he was responsible for the development of the business and its eventual sale to Landsbanki in 2005 and then Straumur in 2008.