(a) Audit Committee Member (r) Remuneration Committee Member (n) Nominations Committee Member
John Leighfield CBE
Chairman (n)
John Leighfield (age 70) was appointed Chairman in 1994, having joined RM as a Non-Executive Director in 1993. Until April 1993, he was Executive Chairman of AT&T ISTEL. He is a Non-Executive Director of Getmapping plc. He is Chairman of the Council and Pro-chancellor of Warwick University. He is past President of the British Computer Society, the Computer Software and Services Association and the Institute for the Management of Information Systems. He is a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists.
Terry Sweeney
Chief Executive Officer
Terry Sweeney (age 41) joined the Board in June 2008 and was appointed Chief Executive in October 2008. He joined RM in 1998 and was appointed as Hardware Solutions Director in 2002, and Managing Director - Education Resources and Software in 2006. He has been instrumental in RM's successful entry into the education resources market and has driven the Group's international expansion. Terry has a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from City University, an MBA from Oxford Brookes University and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme in 2007. Terry is a Governor of Long Wittenham CE Primary School.
Iain McIntosh
Chief Financial Officer
Iain McIntosh joined the Board as Chief Financial Officer in April 2010. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte Haskins and Sells (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and is a Fellow of the ICAEW. Following qualification, he spent four years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co, and then held a number of senior finance positions in listed and unlisted companies including CFO of Liberata plc from 2001-2003 and Alexander Mann Group from 2004-2006. Most recently, Iain was CFO of Axon, the FTSE250 business transformation consultancy acquired by HCL Technologies in 2009. Iain has an MA in PPE from New College Oxford.
Rob Sirs
Chief Operating Officer
Rob Sirs (age 47) was appointed to the Board as a Director in March 2004, having been Group Director - Products & Services since 2002. He joined RM in 1990 and has performed a number of senior services, software development and general management roles, including Head of Procurement, PC Division Director and RM Schools Managing Director. He attended the Harvard University Business School Advanced Management Program. Prior to RM, Rob worked for Andersen Consulting and Mars. Rob is a governor of John Cabot Academy.
Sir Tim Brighouse
Independent Non-Executive Director (n)
Sir Tim Brighouse (age 68) was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in May 2004. Tim is one of the UK's leading educationalists and chairs the Group's Education Advisory Council. He is the former Chief Education Officer of Birmingham City Council, a member of the Governing Council of the National College for School Leadership and a visiting Professor at the University of London's Institute of Education. He also served on RM's Board between October 2002 and January 2003, but stood down on his appointment as London Schools Commissioner.
Sir Bryan Carsberg
Independent Non-Executive Director (a) (r) (n)
Sir Bryan Carsberg (age 69) was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in September 2002. He was a Non-Executive Director of Nynex Cablecomms/Cable & Wireless Communications plc from 1996 to 2000. He is a Non-Executive Director of Novae Group plc, a Non-Executive Director of Inmarsat plc, an independent member of the Equality of Access Board of BT Group plc, a former Director General of OFTEL and a former Director General of Fair Trading. He is Chairman of Council and Senior Pro-chancellor of Loughborough University. He served as Secretary General of the International Accounting Standards Committee from 1996 to 2001, is a chartered accountant and has been a Professor of Accounting at the University of Manchester and the London School of Economics.
Jo Connell DL
Independent Non-Executive Director (a) (r) (n)
Jo Connell (age 60) was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in December 2007. Until 2003, she was Managing Director of Xansa plc, the outsourcing and technology company, having served on the Board since 1991. She is a former Non-Executive Director of THUS plc and a former Non-Executive Director of @UK plc. Jo is Chair of Governors and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, Chairman of the charity Help the Aged, and Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists.
Sir Mike Tomlinson
Independent Non-Executive Director (r)
Sir Mike Tomlinson (age 66) was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in February 2004. Mike is one of the UK's leading educationalists and formerly chaired the Department for Education and Skills Working Group on educational reform for 14 to 19 year olds. He was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector for Schools from December 2000 until April 2002, during which time he was responsible for the work of Ofsted. He was, from 2002 to 2007, Chair of The Learning Trust, a not-for-profit body responsible for running the education services for Hackney and is a member of the Governing Body of the University of Hertfordshire.
John Windeler
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director (a) (r) (n)
John Windeler (age 65) was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in October 2002. He was appointed Senior Independent Director in October 2007. He was Chairman of Alliance & Leicester plc and a Non-Executive Director of BMS Associates Ltd. Previously, he was with Irving Trust for 20 years, becoming an Executive Vice President in 1983. He also held several senior positions within National Australia Bank, between 1989 and 1994. During July 2006 he joined the Board of Millen Group as Chairman. He is a member of the Board of Governors of DeMontfort University and has a BA in English and an MBA in Finance, both from Ohio State University.
