Bob Lawson, 58, Chairman Appointed Chairman of the Board and of the Nomination Committee on 1 July 2001. Joined Hays plc as a non-executive Director on 1 July 1998 and became Deputy Chairman on 11 November 1999. A qualified engineer with an MBA, his career has spanned several United Kingdom and continental groups, including three years as Managing Director of Vitec Group plc and more recently 10 years as Chief Executive of Electrocomponents plc, where he remains non-executive Chairman.         Colin Matthews, 47, Chief Executive Appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 November 2002. He joined Hays plc from Lattice Group plc where he was the executive Director responsible for managing Transco, the owner and operator of Britain’s gas pipeline network. He had previously held senior positions with British Airways and General Electric (USA). He is a Chartered Engineer and has an MBA from INSEAD.         Denis Waxman, 56, Executive Director Appointed executive Director on 10 March 1998 having previously been the Business Sector Director responsible for Hays Personnel. He has been Managing Director of Hays Personnel since the business was acquired by the Group in 1986 and was one of the original founder directors of that business in 1969.         John Martin, 37, Finance Director Appointed to the Board on 4 March 2003, having joined Hays as Group Financial Controller in November 2000. He is a Chartered Accountant and has held senior posts in practice and with other support services organisations before joining Hays.         Xavier Urbain, 46, Executive Director Chief Executive of France Distribution Systems SA (FDS) at the time it was acquired by Hays in August 1997, he was appointed to the Board as an executive Director on 14 July 1998. Before the acquisition of FDS by Hays, he had worked for 11 years at a senior level in the Mayne Nickless Group and the SDV (Scac Delmas Vieljeux) Group. Prior to that he had worked in logistics with Auchan in France and in finance with Deloitte & Touche.         Pierre Danon, 47, Independent Non-Executive Director Appointed non-executive Director on 27 November 2001, he is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He is a director of BT Group plc and Chief Executive of BT Retail. A qualified civil engineer with a Masters in Law and an MBA, he was previously President of Xerox Europe and was also a Governor of the European Foundation for Quality Management.         Lesley Knox, 50, Independent Non-Executive Director Appointed non-executive Director on 30 April 2002, she is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. A founder director of British Linen Advisers (a specialist corporate finance adviser) until 2002, previously she was a Corporate Finance Director and then Head of Institutional Asset Management at Kleinwort Benson. She is also a non-executive Director of the Alliance Trusts, HMV Group plc and MFI Furniture Group plc.         Christopher Taylor, 62, Independent Non-Executive Director Appointed non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee in December 1995 he is also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. Until recently, he was a non-executive Director of DBS Management plc and of JBA Holdings plc. Prior to that, he was Group Finance Director of Smiths Industries plc.         Brian Wallace, 49, Independent Non-Executive Director Appointed non-executive Director on 5 March 2001, he is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees and is now Senior Independent Director in accordance with the Combined Code. He is Deputy Chief Executive of the Hilton Group plc and has been Finance Director of the Hilton Group plc since 1995. Prior to that, he was Group Finance Director of Geest plc.         Stephen Charnock, 47, Company Secretary Appointed Company Secretary on 1 January 1998, he is a qualified solicitor and head of the Group legal team. Prior to joining Hays in 1991, he had held similar positions at Whitbread plc and Automotive Products plc.

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