(Member of Audit Committee, Member of Remuneration Committee)

Born in 1944, Bruce has served on the Garner Plc Board since 2000.

Previous career highlights include his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer of US Airways Group and US Airways from April 2004 until completion of the merger and he has served as a director of US Airways Group and US Airways since 2003. Since the merger, Bruce has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of US Airways Group, US Airways, America West Holdings and AWA. Bruce has also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers International from 1995 until 1999, as well as being a Senior Advisor to the Investment Policy Committee of HGK Asset Management from 2000 until April 2004. He is also a Director of Magic Media, Inc.

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(Member of Audit Committee, Chairman of Remuneration Committee)

Born in 1948, Richard has served on the Garner Plc Board as Company Secretary since 2003.

Richard is the Senior Partner at Anderson Barrowcliff Chartered Accountants, heading up the Corporate Finance team. He specialises in acquisitions, sales, mergers, capital reconstructions and international fund raising. Richard has also served on the boards of BDMC Ltd, Cornpath Ltd and Dukedom Ltd.

Richard is a past president of the UK 200 Group and Deputy Chairman of The East India Club in London.

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Andrew Garner founded the business in 1997 having worked in executive search since 1983 where he became Chairman and Chief Executive of one of the world’s foremost search firms, Boyden World Corporation. In the seven years under his leadership, Boyden’s global revenues more than doubled, and by its 50th anniversary in 1996, the company had grown to 64 offices in 38 countries, more than 40 of which ranked in the top five by market share.

This high profile gave rise to a unique extension of his management career, which had already included Mars, Brooke Bond and Gallaher.

Today he undertakes high-level searches in the UK, as well as managing complex cross-border assignments in the Far East and the USA.

Andrew is an author, platform speaker, panellist, teacher and international commentator on career management. He was a Senior Honorary Visiting Fellow at Manchester Business School for 14 years and served on its board. For more than 10 years he has been on the board of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and is a non-executive director of Haynes Publishing Group Plc.

Since establishing Garner International, Andrew has become best known for the work he has undertaken at PLC board level, including NED assignments, the most notable being for one of the leading FTSE 10 financial service businesses in the UK. His unique style and approach as both coach and search professional has enabled him to develop extremely strong relationships over the years with significant business leaders in a diverse range of brands such as HBOS, Guardian Media Group, DTZ, Centrica and Manganese Bronze Holdings Plc.

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Sue’s expertise covers operational areas: HR, marketing and corporate communications. She began her career with Sainsbury’s, gaining considerable experience over a period of 12 years. Sue was then appointed Marketing Director and later Managing Director of the Kingswood Group of companies, a niche player in the travel and leisure sector.

Her next move was into executive search, working for an independent business that focused on developing long-term relationships with key clients in the consumer sector. She has developed business partnerships with SMEs looking to broaden their management capability, as well as major corporates undergoing radical change and looking to inject fresh talent across all disciplines.

Sue is skilled in all areas of executive search, competency assessment, management development, outplacement and executive coaching. She has conducted senior and board level searches for Barclays, Virgin Group, Delta Airlines, HBOS, Autoglass, Lastminute.com and the Football Association

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