Directors' Biographies

Roger Freeman, 65, was appointed Chairman in 2007. 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.

Alwyn Welch, 49, joined Parity as Chief Executive in February 2006. He has over 25 years' experience in the technology sector in the UK and internationally. He joins Parity from Unisys where he was Vice President and General Manager of the United Kingdom, Middle East and Africa region.

Alwyn brings a wealth of experience having also served as CEO of Cap Gemini's Nordic Region and previously as CEO of Cap Gemini's UK and Asia Pacific region.

He was on the Executive Board of Logica with responsibility for the Americas, Management Consulting & Financial Products, served as Chairman of the IT National Training Organisation in the UK and was COO and a director of Brainspark plc.

John Hughes, 55, was appointed as Chairman in 2005.

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 re-focus/turnaround situations.

Alastair Macdonald, 66, was appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director in 2002. Until 2000, he was previously Director General of the DTI's Industry Group with policy responsibility for the manufacturing and service industries, including the IT and telecommunications sectors. Since then, he has filled a number of roles including Presidency of the British Computer Society. He is currently President of "tScheme", the independent, industry led, self-regulatory scheme for electronic trust services. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Nigel Tose, 63, 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 Investment Banking. 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 Lloyd Bank International. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Ian Ketchin was appointed Finance Director in May 2007. As a Chartered Accountant, Ian was previously Group Finance Director at MSB International plc, a publicly listed IT recruitment business, and he played a key role in its successful sale to Networkers International plc at the end of 2006. He was previously with Ernst & Young LLP and brings with him over 16 years of significant financial and industry experience.