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The Board

G V Nicholls FCA - Chairman

Greville Nicholls joined the Company in 1992 as finance director and Mr Nicholls was appointed Chief Executive in 1995. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and is a member of the Company’s Audit and Remuneration committees.

B J Stevenson - Chief Executive

Barry Stevenson joined as Chief Executive on 14 September 2009. His career prior to this encompassed director roles at Allied Breweries, Kingfisher (Woolworths and B&Q), Marks & Spencer and Wyevale Garden Centres Group.

D A L Page - Operations Director

David Page joined the Company in 1992 and has had a number of senior operational roles. Mr Page was appointed to the Board on 5 September 2000.

D P Pattinson BCom, ACA(NZ) - Finance Director

David Pattinson joined Albemarle & Bond in 2000 and was appointed to the board in 2002. Previously he held a number of senior financial positions in New Zealand.

S B Brinkley Jnr - Deputy Chairman

Sterling Brinkley is the Chairman of the Board at EZCORP Inc., a Nasdaqlisted US company and a substantial shareholder in the Company. His appointment as Albemarle & Bond’s Deputy Chairman further strengthens the top level of the board as the Company continues to pursue its long-term business strategy. He is a member of the remuneration committee.

N J Mardon Taylor FCA - Non-executive Director

Nicholas Mardon Taylor joined the Board in 1989 and is a member of both the Audit and Remuneration committees. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has held senior financial positions in a number of organisations in the Energy, Banking and Voluntary sectors.

J L Rotunda - Non-executive Director

Joe Rotunda was appointed to the Board in 8 July 2009 and is a member of the Executive Committee. Mr Rotunda is a Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of EZCORP Inc. He also serves as a Director of Easyhome Ltd., Toronto Canada.

T C Roberts - Non-executive Director

Tom Roberts was appointed to the Board on 8 July 2009. He is head of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
Mr Roberts is also a member of the Board of Directors of EZCORP Inc., where he serves as Lead Independent Director and as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees.

J S Allkins - Non-executive Director

John Allkins, who was appointed to the Board on 24 September 2009, is head of the Audit Committee. He has over 25 years of International experience in public and private equity-backed private companies. He is currently a non-executive director of Molins plc, Renold plc and Fairpoint plc.

The responsibilities of the Board and Board Committees:
The Company is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of an non executive chairman, three executive directors and four non-executive directors who retain responsibility for the formulation of corporate strategy, allocation of financial resources, investments, risk management and reporting of results.

The Company's shares are traded on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and the Company is not therefore required to report on compliance with the Combined Code ("the Code"). However the Board supports the Code, and also the recommendations of the Quoted Companies Alliance ("QCA") in its bulletin "Guidance for Smaller Quoted Companies". The bulletin provides a series of recommendations for smaller quoted companies in approaching the question of corporate governance.

Accordingly, the Board has established an Audit Committee and a Remuneration Committee, and complies with the Code in areas where it is felt justified by reference to the QCA comments as being relevant to a business the size of Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC. The appointment of new directors is a matter reserved for the Board as a whole rather than for a separate nomination committee.

The Audit committee comprises J S Allkins, G V Nicholls, N J Mardon Taylor and T C Roberts. The Finance Director will also attend Audit Committee meetings if requested by the committee Chairman. It has primary responsibility for monitoring the quality of internal controls and ensuring that the Company's financial performance is properly monitored, controlled and reported. It receives and reviews reports from the Company's management and auditors relating to the interim and annual accounts and the accounting and internal control systems in use throughout the Company. It also meets the auditors at least once a year and reviews reports from the auditors relating to accounts and internal control systems.

The Remuneration committee comprises T C Roberts, G V Nicholls, N J Mardon Taylor, Sterling Brinkley and S B Brinkley Jnr. The committee is responsible for reviewing the performance of the Executive Directors and Senior Executives and making recommendations to the Board on matters relating to their remuneration and terms of employment.