Announcement of 2008 Interim results
Directorate Change
Board Changes

Henry Angest - Chairman & Chief Executive 
Chairman and Chief Executive of the Group and Chairman of Secure Trust Bank PLC, Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited and Arbuthnot Securities Limited. He is Chairman of the Banking Committee of the London Investment Banking Association and Senior Warden and Deputy Master of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.

Mike Bussey
Mike Bussey joined the Board on 1 October 2007 as Chief Executive of Arbuthnot Latham. Mike was Chief Executive of the Private Banking and Trust business at N.M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd for four years, prior to which he had been Chief Executive of Schroders Private Banking.  Prior to this Mike worked at HSBC for over 20 years in various senior managerial positions across Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia, Africa and the Americas.

Gary Jennison
Gary Jennison joined the Board on 26 September 2006 as Chief Executive of Secure Trust Bank. He was previously Managing Director of Barclays Bank’s branch network and previously has held senior positions at Lex Vehicle Leasing, GE Capital Auto Financial Services Europe and Hitachi Credit (UK) PLC.

Neil Kirton
Neil Kirton joined the Board on 1 June 2008 as Chief Executive of Arbuthnot Securities having joined Arbuthnot Securities as Deputy Chief Executive in Januray 2006.  Prior to this he was with ABN Amro Hoare Govett from 1985 to 2002 where he was Global Head of Equity Sales, Deputy Chief Executive of Hoare Govett (UK) Limited and a Managing Director of ABN Amro Bank NV.  He was also Head of Equities at Bridgewell Securities from 2002 to 2004.

Ruth Lea
Independent non-executive director since 1 November 2005 and Economic Adviser to the Group. She is the director of Global Vision and is a Governor of the London School of Economics. She was previously director of the Centre for Policy Studies, Head of the Policy Unit at the Institute of Directors, Economics Editor at ITN, Chief UK Economist at Lehman Brothers and Chief Economist at Mitsubishi Bank.

Sir Christopher Meyer
Independent non-executive director since 1 October 2007.  Sir Christopher Meyer is currently Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, a role he took up in March 2003, following a distinguished diplomatic career.  He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1966.  In 1997 he was appointed as Ambassador to Germany and from 1997 – 2003 he was Ambassador to the USA.  Between 1994 and 1996, Sir Christopher was Press Secretary to Prime Minister John Major.  Before that he had held postings in Washington, Moscow, Madrid and the European Community.

Sir Michael Peat
Independent non-executive director since 15 January 2008.  Sir Michael Peat is currently Principal Private Secretary to TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.  Previously he was Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen and Receiver General of the Duchy of Lancaster.  Prior to being appointed to work for the Royal Household Sir Michael worked for KPMG for over 20 years where he was a partner from 1985 to 1993.

Andrew Salmon ACA - Chief Operating Officer 
Appointed a director on 8 March 2004. He joined the Company in 1997 and is Chief Operating Officer and Head of Business Development. He was previously a director of Hambros Bank Limited and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Peat Marwick (now KPMG).

Paul Sheriff ACA - Group Finance Director
Paul Sheriff joined the board on 1 October 2006 and is Group Finance Director. He was previously Commercial Finance Director of the Prudential’s UK and European business. Prior to this he spent five years in private equity and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen.

Atholl Turrell ACA
Appointed a director on 1 March 2004. He was formerly Head of Corporate Stockbroking at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup), prior to which he held senior investment banking positions at Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and Charterhouse. He is Vice-Chairman of Arbuthnot Securities Limited and is a non-executive director of Enegi Oil plc.

Robert Wickham
Deputy Chairman and senior independent non-executive director. He was formerly on the Management Board of Bank of Scotland. He is also an independent non-executive director of Secure Trust Bank PLC, Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited and Georgica PLC.

Secretary
Jeremy Robin Kaye FCIS