Board of Directors

Age 47. A chartered accountant. A Director since 1999, he became Chief Executive in January 2005, having been Chief Operating Officer since 2002 and prior to that, Finance Director. He joined Balfour Beatty in 1996 from the Hanson Group where he was finance director of ARC Ltd, one of its principal subsidiaries. He is currently president of Construction Industry Relief, Assistance and Support for the Homeless Ltd, the construction and property industry charity for the homeless. Ian is also a Non-Executive Director of the VT Group since May 2008.

Age 52. A chartered accountant and a barrister. A Director since 2002, he is also responsible for the Group’s Investments business, having previously been managing director of Balfour Beatty Capital. Prior to joining Balfour Beatty, he was a partner at Coopers & Lybrand and before that, a senior assistant director at Morgan Grenfell.

Age 54. Joined the Group in 1981 and became Planning and Development Director in 1991 after a series of senior positions in the finance function. Previously, he worked at the London Business School and UMIST.

Age 43. A chartered accountant and a graduate engineer. Joined Balfour Beatty as Deputy Finance Director from Exel plc, where he was director of investor relations and financial strategy, following a number of senior financial roles in the UK and US.

Age 51. Appointed a Director in 2005, chairman of audit committee from January 2006 and then became Chairman in May 2008. Currently also chairman of Delta plc and a non-executive director of Southern Water. He is also a former chairman at both Queens’ Moat Houses plc and at Torex Retail plc. He was chief executive of Thorn plc and of Railtrack Group plc, having also served as group finance director at each company. His earlier career included a wide range of corporate and operational roles at Grand Metropolitan plc, Black & Decker and BOC. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Age 61. Appointed a Director in 2001. Previously with the Royal Dutch Shell Group, latterly as chairman of the Global Corporate Centre of the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies. He is a non-executive director of Johnson Matthey plc and British Energy plc, and chairman of the supervisory board of Allianz Nederland Groep NV. He is the senior independent Director.

Age 69. Appointed a Director in 2003. He is a partner of the international law firm TaylorWessing, a member of the Advisory Council of Deutsche Bank AG, a member and past chairman of the supervisory board of the Industrial Investment Council, a member of the supervisory board of SWB AG, and a member of the board of trustees of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. He is also chairman of the German Institute for Market Economy and Competition. Previously, he was chief executive officer of the German manufacturing group, Klöckner-Werke AG.

Age 61. Appointed a Director in 2003. A chemical engineer, he is a nonexecutive director of Merrill Lynch World Mining Trust plc. Between 1970 and 2001 he held a series of increasingly senior positions in Rio Tinto plc, finally as executive director responsible for its industrial minerals and diamonds businesses.

Age 54. Appointed a Director in 2006. He has an engineering background and was most recently chief operating officer of Marconi plc from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that he was chief executive officer of Marconi Systems and was previously responsible for managing major divisions of British Aerospace, Vickers and the Rover Group.

Age 55. Appointed a Director in 2006. He is a lawyer by background and was most recently group chief executive of Novar plc. Prior to that, he was chief executive of Cookson Group plc. He is also a non-executive director of SEGRO plc and is chief executive of Business in the Community.