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Bernard Taylor (50) Co-Vice Chairman was previously Chief Executive of Braveheart which was acquired by the Company in December 2006. In 1999 Mr. Taylor was joint Chief Executive of Global Investment Banking (Corporate Advisory Securities Banking Capital Markets worldwide) and Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive of Robert Fleming & Co. Limited. On the acquisition of Flemings by Chase Manhattan Mr. Taylor became responsible for the Investment Banking activities of the expanded Chase Manhattan Bank in Europe Middle East and Africa as Vice Chairman and a member of the Chase Global Management Committee in New York. Following the acquisition of JPMorgan by Chase Mr. Taylor remained a Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Investment Banking (Europe) until March 2006 when he joined Braveheart.
Mr. Taylor is a member of the Council of Oxford University and is Chairman of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee of the university a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Royal Commissioner on the Commission of 1851 Chairman of ISIS Innovation Limited Deputy Chairman of TI Automotive Limited and a non-executive director of Oxford Instruments Group plc. He was educated at Cheltenham College and St. Johns College Oxford. | 