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BOARD OF DIRECTORS DRIVEN BY TRUST Standing, left to right Till Vestring, Nigel Northridge, John McConnell, Alison Cooper, Nigel Stein, John Langston Seated, left to right Stefan Bomhard, Ken Hanna, Coline McConville Biographies on page 50 Inchcape Annual Report and Accounts 2015 48

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSDRIVEN BY TRUSTStanding, left to rightTill Vestring, Nigel Northridge, John McConnell, Alison Cooper, Nigel Stein, John Langston

Seated, left to rightStefan Bomhard, Ken Hanna, Coline McConville

Biographies on page 50

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1 Ken HannaChairmanAppointment to Board:September 2001

Skills and experience:Prior to becoming Chairman, Ken was an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury plc. He was previously a Partner of Compass Partners International and Group Finance Director and Chief Executive of Dalgety plc. He has previous experience with Guinness plc (now Diageo plc), Avis Europe and Black & Decker.

Other appointments:Chairman of Aggreko plc

Other past appointments:Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tesco plc

Committee membership: Chair of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration and CR Committees.

2 Stefan BomhardGroup Chief ExecutiveAppointment to Board:April 2015

Skills and experience:Before joining Inchcape, Stefan was President of Bacardi Limited’s European region and was also responsible for Bacardi’s Global commercial organisation and Global Travel Retail.

He served as Chief Commercial Officer of Cadbury plc, Chief Operating Officer of Foodsolutions, Europe, a division of Unilever plc, together with general management, retail and franchise experience at Diageo, (Burger King) and Procter & Gamble.

3 John McConnellGroup Finance DirectorAppointment to Board: October 2009

Skills and experience:John was appointed as Group Finance Director in October 2009, having worked with the Group since 1999. John joined Inchcape Australasia as Chief Financial Officer before moving to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Australasia.

Other appointments:Non-Executive Director of UBM plc

4 Alison CooperNon-Executive DirectorAppointment to Board: July 2009

Skills and experience:Alison is Chief Executive of Imperial Brands PLC.

Alison joined Imperial Tobacco in 1999 and through a number of senior roles has contributed significantly to the international expansion. She was appointed as Chief Executive in May 2010 and since her appointment she has led the development and implementation of Imperial Tobacco’s sustainable growth strategy.

Alison is a Chartered Accountant and was previously with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Committee membership: Member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.

5 John LangstonNon-Executive DirectorAppointment to Board: August 2013

Skills and experience:John was formerly Finance Director of Smiths Group plc, having been a member of the Board since 2000. John held a number of senior commercial positions at Smiths Group including Group Managing Director of the Speciality Engineering division and the Detection and Sealing Solutions divisions.

John is a Chartered Accountant.

Other appointments: Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Rexam PLC.

Committee membership: Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nominations Committee.

6 Coline McConvilleNon-Executive DirectorAppointment to Board: June 2014

Skills and experience: Coline spent 10 years with Clear Channel International Limited where she was Chief Executive Officer – Europe, from 2003 to 2006, having previously been Group Development Director and Chief Operating Officer. Coline began her career in management consultancy, working with both McKinsey & Co and LEK Partnership.

Other appointments:Non-Executive Director of UTV Media, Fevertree Drinks plc, Travis Perkins plc and a supervisory board member of TUI AG.

Other past appointments:Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of TUI Travel plc and Non-Executive Director of Wembley Stadium, Shed Media plc and HBOS plc.

Committee membership: Chair of the Remuneration Committee from January 2016 and a member of the CR and Nominations Committees.

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7 Nigel NorthridgeSenior Independent Director Appointment to Board: July 2009

Skills and experience: Nigel spent 32 years with Gallaher Group plc in sales and marketing roles before becoming the Group Chief Executive in 2000.

Other appointments:Chairman of Debenhams plc and Hogg Robinson plc.

Nigel will step down as Chairman of Debenhams plc in April 2016.

Other past appointments: Chairman of Paddy Power plc and Non-Executive Director of Aer Lingus plc, Thomas Cook plc and Agrekko plc

Committee membership: Chair of the Remuneration Committee until December 2015 and a member of the Audit and Nominations Committee.

8 Nigel SteinNon-Executive DirectorAppointment to Board: October 2015

Skills and experience:Nigel was appointed Chief Executive of GKN plc in January 2012 and has previously held a range of commercial, general management and finance roles at GKN, including Group Finance Director and Chief Executive Automotive.

He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Other appointments:Chairman of the UK Automotive Council.

Other past appointments: Non-Executive Director of Wolseley plc.

Committee membership: Member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.

9 Till VestringNon-Executive DirectorAppointment to Board: September 2011

Skills and experience: Till is Senior Partner of Bain & Company South East Asia. Till has a 25 year career at Bain & Company of which the last 20 were spent in Asia with postings in Sydney, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore.

He has served as head of Bain’s Automotive & Industrial Practice in Asia, Managing Partner for South East Asia, as well as on Bain’s global Partner Nomination & Compensation Committee.

He has extensive experience advising multinationals on growth strategy across Asia as well as advising leading Asian companies on strategy, M&A and organisation.

Other appointments: Non-Executive Director of Keppel Corporation

Committee membership:Chair of the CR Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.

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