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Board of Directors

Members of the Board of Directors for Matrix Group Limited

Name David Royds
Title Chairman and Co-founder
Email david.royds@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7000

David Royds co-founded Matrix-Securities Limited in 1987. Prior to that he worked at Laing and Cruickshank and the Financial Times. Non executive posts now include three VCTs, as well as several companies involved in property development, shipping and film finance.

Name Chris Merry
Title Chief Executive
Email chris.merry@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7126

Chris joined Matrix in June 2007 as Group Development Director and was made CEO in November 2007. Before joining Matrix he was CEO of Whitehead Mann Group Plc, the publicly listed executive recruitment firm, which was taken private by an MBI team in late 2006. Prior to that he was Finance Director of Clifford Chance LLP, the global law firm. Chris began his career with Coopers & Lybrand where he became a partner in the audit practice in 1994. He spent 2 years in New York in the late 1980s and was based in China from 1994 to 1997 as Managing Partner of Coopers & Lybrand’s Shanghai office.

Name John Owen
Title Chief Operating Officer & Finance Director
Email john.owen@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7079

John joined Matrix in March 2009 as Group Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director. John has spent his entire career in and around the financial services industry, starting his career in 1983 as a consultant and then moving onto UBS in the early 1990s where he worked within the European Equities division and then as MD in the Global Derivatives group. In 1998, he became one of the founding partners of Capco, a leading global provider of integrated consulting, technology, and transformation services to the financial services industry. He left Capco in 2005 to join ING as Chief Operating Officer of the Wholesale Banking division.

Name Rupert Lywood
Title Director and Co-Founder
Email rupert.lywood@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7000

Rupert, a chartered accountant, co-founded Matrix-Securities in 1987 and has since been instrumental in the development of the business. After qualifying with Robson Rhodes in 1983, he moved into venture capital and corporate finance. He has also been involved in the founding and/or development of a number of other businesses and has particular experience in the health and energy sectors.

Name Rob Randall
Title Director
Email rob.randall@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7138

Rob is a Director of the Matrix Group Limited and is the Managing Member of MPFM. Rob joined Matrix in 1996 and has been responsible for developing the Matrix business in structuring, syndicating and managing commercial property investments. Prior to joining Matrix, Rob has had 10 years experience in the property finance industry, in particular concentrating on Enterprise Zone Investments.

Name Charles Good
Title Director
Email charles.good@ matrixgroup.co.uk
Phone 020 3206 7021

Charles joined Matrix in May 2007. He was formerly CEO of Dexia Private Banking (UK) and Chairman of Ely Fund Managers Limited and has extensive experience of stock markets from the investors’ perspective. He also gained experience in Corporate Finance from his former roles with S G Warburg & Co Ltd and J S Gadd & Co Ltd (formerly C A Good & Co Ltd). He was a founder non-executive director of Citigate (now Citigate Dewe Rogerson) and is currently Chairman of various unlisted and AIM listed companies.