After graduating from Keble College with a first-class honours degree in Modern History, Ken attended Guildford Law School before becoming a commercial partner at Linnells in Oxford. As a founder of Brookstreet des Roches, a specialist commercial law practice, he is now a commercial legal consultant. He has extensive commercial and management experience, and a strong track record in deal brokerage and mergers. He is a director of several other companies covering fields such as business consultancy, manufacturing, agrochemicals, property, plastic merchanting, recycling and licensing.

Mr Brooks contributes legal expertise and experience in the company and commercial matters as well as his extensive range of contacts throughout the UK and many parts of the world.

Mr Brooks sits on the Audit, Remuneration & Nominations Committees.

Since graduating in Business Studies Roger has spent over 20 years in the plastics recycling industry, the past 12 of which have been as Managing Director of Philip Tyler Polymers LTD, a major UK player in this sector. He is Secretary of the British Plastics Federation Recycling Council and is a member of WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Plastics Group. In addition to his management and commercial experience, Baynham contributes recycling industry knowledge and experience.

Mr Baynham sits on the Audit & Nominations Committees.

David Shepley-Cuthbert is a Chartered Accountant who has worked in public and international companies as well as small to medium sized businesses.

He started his career at Arthur Young & Co (now part of Ernst & Young). This was followed by seven years in Southern Africa and four years back in the UK in the freight forwarding industry.

In 1981 he joined Inchcape plc where he was a Finance Director and Controller for part of the Inspection and Testing Business Unit responsible for 50 companies operating in 25 countries.

From 1988 to 2003 he worked for Charles Taylor Consulting Group plc ("CTC"), where he was a senior member of a team which led CTC to a successful flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. Since flotation he served as Group Company Secretary, Finance Director for the CTC USA businesses, Chief Financial Officer of Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, a CTC client and was involved with the creation of new insurance mutual companies.

He moved to North Oxfordshire in 1996 and until 2001 spent the weekdays working in London and abroad. He retired at 55 from CTC that year and based himself fulltime in Oxfordshire. He is currently a shareholder and Non-Executive Director of several small companies, the part time Finance Director of Environmental Recycling Technologies plc, a Governor of Oxford and Cherwell Valley Further Education College and a Trustee for several private trusts. As Finance Director of Environmental Recycling Technologies plc, he is responsible for the audit and accounting, budgeting, forecasting and cash flow management of the business.

Mr. Shepley-Cuthbert sits on the Audit Committee.

After leaving university and qualifying as a barrister, Henry practised for 8 years. Between 1983 and 1997, he served as Member of Parliament for Norfolk North West and was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Malcolm Rifkind from 1991 to 1997. Prior to being re-elected to the seat in 2001, he ran his own consultancy practice specialising in advising firms on inward investment. In July 2002, Henry was appointed to be Shadow Minister for Industry, Small Business and Employment.