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Board of Directors
 
  Jørgen Philip-Sørensen (67)
Chairman
He was chairman and chief executive of Group 4 Securitas (International) BV between 1964 and 2000, and was then chairman of the board of Group 4 Falck A/S from 2000 until 2004. He holds a number of directorships for commercial and charitable entities. He is chairman of the Nomination Committee. He will retire from the board after the AGM in June 2006.
     
  Alf Duch-Pedersen (59)
Deputy Chairman
He was a member of the board of Group 4 Falck A/S from 2000 until 2004. He joined the board of Falck A/S in 1992 and was its chairman when it merged with Group 4 A/S in 2000. He is CEO of Danisco A/S, chairman of the board of Danske Bank Aktieselskab, chairman of the British Import Union, a director of the Danisco Foundation and a member of the executive committee and the general council of the Confederation of Danish Industries. He is chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. He will retire from his positions with Danisco this summer and will become the company’s chairman after the AGM in June 2006, at which time he will step down from the Remuneration Committee.
     
  Nick Buckles (45)
Chief Executive
He joined Securicor in 1985 as a projects accountant. In 1996 he was appointed managing director of Securicor Cash Services and he became chief executive of the security division of Securicor in 1999. He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc in 2000 and became its chief executive in January 2002. He was appointed deputy chief executive and chief operating officer of the company on completion of the merger in 2004, becoming chief executive in July 2005.
     
  Trevor Dighton (56)
Chief Financial Officer
An accountant, he joined Securicor in 1995 after a previous career which included posts in both the accountancy profession and in industry, including five years in Papua New Guinea, three years in Zambia and seven years with BET plc. He was appointed finance director of the security division of Securicor in 1997 and deputy group finance director in 2001. He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc as group finance director in June 2002.
     
  Grahame Gibson (53)
Executive director and chief operating officer
He was appointed to the board in April 2005. He joined Group 4 in 1983, starting as finance director (UK) and followed by a number of senior roles, including deputy managing director (UK), vice president (corporate strategy), vice president (finance and administration), vice president operations (Central & South Eastern Europe and UK) and chief operating officer of Group 4 Falck. Following the merger in 2004, he became divisional president for Americas & New Markets. He was appointed chief operating officer in July 2005.
     
  Lord Condon (59)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc in 2000. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1967 and, after holding various senior appointments in the police force, including a period as Chief Constable of Kent, served as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police between 1993 and 2000. He was created a life peer in 2001. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee and of the Nomination Committee. He will assume the chairmanship of the Remuneration Committee after the AGM in June 2006.
     
  Thorleif Krarup (53)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board of Group 4 Falck A/S in 2003. He is deputy chairman of Lundbeck A/S, the Lundbeck Foundation LFI A/S and ALK-Abello A/S, and a director of Bang & Olufsen A/S, Lundbeckfonden and Scion DTU A/S. He is a former chairman of TDC (Tele Danmark Corporation) and former group chief executive of Nykredit A/S, Unibank A/S and Nordea AB. He is chairman of the Audit Committee.
     
  Waldemar Schmidt (65)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board of Group 4 Falck A/S in 2000. He is chairman of Thrane & Thrane A/S and a non-executive director of Alfa Laval International AB, Enodis plc and Cicor SA. He was formerly chief executive of ISS, where he began his career in 1973. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee. He will retire from the board after the AGM in June 2006.
     
  Malcolm Williamson (67)
Senior independent director
He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc in April 2004. After a 28-year career with Barclays Bank, he became managing director of Girobank in 1985. In 1989 he joined Standard Chartered plc, being group chief executive from 1993 to 1998. Between 1999 and 2004 he was president and chief executive of Visa International, Inc., based in San Francisco. He is chairman of CDC Group plc and National Australia Group Europe Limited, deputy chairman of Resolution plc and a non-executive director of JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings, National Australia Bank Limited and Signet Group plc. He has been the senior independent director since January 2006 and is a member of the Audit Committee.
     
  Bo Lerenius (59)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board of Securicor plc in April 2004. After a diverse early business career, he served as chief executive of Ernstromgruppen, a Swedish building materials operation, between 1985 and 1992 when he joined Stena Line where he was chief executive and vice chairman. In 1999 he became group chief executive of Associated British Ports Holdings plc. He is a non-executive director of Land Securities Group plc and is deputy chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Audit Committee and of the Remuneration Committee.
     
  Mark Seligman (50)
Non-executive director
He was appointed to the board in January 2006. An accountant, he spent 12 years with SG Warburg before joining BZW in 1995 and then, following the takeover of BZW, becoming head of UK Investment Banking at CSFB and subsequently deputy chairman of CSFB Europe. In 2003 he became chairman of UK Investment Banking for CSFB, stepping down in 2005 to become a senior adviser to the bank. He is a former member of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers and is a director of the Industrial Development Advisory Board. He is a member of the Audit Committee and of the Remuneration Committee.