Directors' Biographies

Roger Freeman - Chairman (1 2)

Roger Freeman, 66, was appointed Non-executive Chairman in July 2007 and is Chairman of the remuneration and nominations committees. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1969 he joined Lehman Brothers, the US Investment Bank, and was a Partner in the London Office until 1983 when he entered the House of Commons. He served as a Minister between 1986 and 1997 including Cabinet Minister for Public Service. He became a Life Peer in 1997 and became a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers for whom he now chairs their UK Advisory Panel. He is Chairman or Non-executive Director of a number of listed and private companies including Thales SA, Chemring Group plc and the Cambridge University Technology Transfer Office.

John Hughes - Non-executive Deputy Chairman (1 2 3)

John Hughes, 57, joined the Group as Executive Chairman in May 2005 and continued in that role until July 2007. He now serves as Non-executive Deputy Chairman. He has over 30 years' international experience in the IT industry and, until recently, was Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer of Thales Group. Prior to this, he held senior executive positions at Lucent Technologies and Hewlett Packard and has extensive experience of managing both services and product companies in high growth as well as refocus/turnaround situations. He is Chairman of Telecity Group, Spectris plc and Intec Telecom Systems and a Board member of NICE Systems Limited, Barco NV and Chloride Group plc.

Alwyn Welch - Chief Executive

Alwyn Welch, 51, joined Parity as Chief Executive in February 2006. He has over 25 years' experience in the technology sector in the UK and internationally. After studying for an Engineering Science degree, he carried out applied electronic research and then worked in engineering management in the Plessey Group plc. He subsequently worked for over 14 years at CapGemini including the role as CEO for their Nordic Region and previously as CEO of their UK and Asia Pacific region and as a member of the group Executive Committee. He was also a member of the Executive Board of Logica with responsibility for the Americas, Management Consulting and Financial Products; served as Chairman of the IT National Training Organisations in the UK and was COO and a director of Brainspark plc. He joined Parity from Unisys where he was Vice-President and General Manager of the United Kingdom, Middle East and Africa region.

Ian Ketchin - Finance Director

Ian Ketchin, 45, was appointed Finance Director in May 2007. Before joining Parity he was Finance Director at MSB International plc, a publicly listed recruitment business, and he played a key role in its successful sale to Networks International plc at the end of 2006. He was previously with Ernst & Young and has over 16 years of significant financial and industry experience. Ian has responsibility for Finance, Property and Facilities and our Legal and Contracts team.

Nigel Tose - Non-executive Director (1 2 3)

Nigel Tose, 65, was appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director in 2006. He has over 30 years' experience in investment banking, serving until 2005 as Co-Head of Corporate Finance at Investec Bank (UK) Limited. Prior to joining Investec in 1994, he held a number of senior roles, both domestic and international, at financial organisations including Lloyds Merchant Bank and Lloyds Bank International. He is Chairman of Parity's audit committee.