Mark Tompkins has been a director of our company since September 2005 and in July 2007 was appointed Non Executive Chairman.
From 1987 to the present, Mr. Tompkins has been a self-employed investor, with a focus on private equity and capital development in publicly traded entities, notably in the healthcare, biopharmaceutical, wholesale and distribution, tourism and leisure, and manufacturing industries. From 1975 to 1987 he was active in residential and commercial property investment in the Middle East, Germany, Spain, France and the United States. From 1972 to 1975, Mr. Tompkins worked for the Slater Walker Securities group and from 1965 to 1971 he was a management consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Tompkins is a director of Sodexho Alliance S.A., a company engaged in the provision of food and management services. |