BOARD OF DIRECTORS

William Hughes CBE - Chairman
William is currently the Chairman of Fairfax I.S. PLC, an investment bank and Member of the London Stock Exchange. William was the Chairman of Grampian Holdings PLC from 1985 to 1998 having previously been Chief Executive from 1976. Grampian Holdings PLC was an industrial holding company with both UK and International interests employing over 5,000 staff. He was Non Executive Chairman of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC for 15 years. Joining upon inception in 1990 with £13m under management, the Company had a market capitalization of just over £500m at the time of his retirement in 2005. He is a Trustee of the Prince's Trust UK, and a Trustee of The King George Jubilee Trust. He is also the Chairman of the Prince's Trust (Scotland). In addition, he has been a Director of the Foundation for Accountancy and Financial Management representing the Scottish Institute of Chartered Accountants and served as the Chairman of the CBI ( Scotland).


Ed Lascelles - BA (Phil)
Non Executive Director
Ed is a Director with Close Ventures. He previously worked for ING Barings in the corporate finance department, focusing on smaller UK companies. Prior to ING Barings, Ed worked in the corporate broking department of Charterhouse Securities where he assisted in equity fundraisings and other corporate transactions for quoted UK companies. Ed graduated from University College London with a first class degree in philosophy.

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