Composition of the Board

John Parcell 

John Parcell was appointed to the Board in March 2001.

Non executive

John has spent over thirty years at Reuters Group plc.  He joined the

Chairman

main board of Reuters in October 1996 with responsibility for their core

financial information product, and in January 1999 was appointed Chief

Executive of Reuters Information.

Jonathan Robinson

Dr Robinson is a co founder of the NetBenefit business.  He graduated

Chief Executive

with a PhD in Material Engineering from the University of Cape Town in

Officer

1992, and then held a research associate position at Imperial College,

London, from 1993 to 1994.  Between 1995 to 1997, he was a Rolls

Royce Fellow at the Rolls Royce Technology Centre at the University of

Cambridge.  Dr Robinson was previously deputy chairman of CORE.

Geoffrey Wicks

Geoffrey has spent over twenty years at Reuters Group plc.  He was

Incoming Chief

appointed Director of Corporate Relations in 1997.

Executive Officer

Paul Owens

Paul Owens COO of the name registration division, has joined the board

Executive director

as executive director.  Paul is qualified as a chartered accountant and was

previously group finance director of Tempo the electrical retailer.

Timothy Ashley 

Tim Ashley was responsible for NetBenefit's branding and marketing

Non executive

strategy and implementation from March 1999 until September 2000.  He

director

was appointed to the board during 1999, having previously started

Wicked Web Limited in 1995.  Prior to that he spent ten years as an

investment banker, most recently with Lehman Brothers in Fixed Income

and Derivative Sales.  Tim holds degrees from both Oxford and

Cambridge Universities.

Keith Young 

Keith Young is an entrepreneur with considerable experience in the

Non executive

internet, communications and publishing industries.  He co founded the

director

NetBenefit business in 1995 and was also a significant shareholder in

Easynet Group plc prior to its flotation.  In addition, he has significant

interests in several other companies spanning a diverse range of sectors.

Richard Madden

Richard Madden is Managing Director in Corporate Finance with Bear

Non executive

Stearns.  He has experiences of equity and M&A transactions throughout

director

Europe and the US.  He qualified as a Chartered accountant with Arthur

Andersen and holds a degree in classics from Cambridge University.

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