KEY PERSONNEL

D.C. Marshall, Non-executive Chairman, age 65.
Mr Marshall joined the board in 1974. He is the chairman of London Finance & Investment Group P.L.C., which is a substantial shareholder of Western, Finsbury Food Group P.L.C. and Creston plc. He is a non-executive director of MWB Group Holdings Plc and Northbridge Industrial Services PLC and is the chief executive of Marshall Monteagle Holdings S.A. and chairman of Halogen Holdings P.L.C. He resides in South Africa, where he has extensive interests in listed trading, financial and property companies.

E.J. BEALE, ACA, Non-Executive, age 48.
Mr Beale was elected a director on 2nd October 2008. He is a Chartered Accountant and is the Chief Executive of City Group P.L.C., the Company’s secretaries and administrators. He is also a member of the Accounting Standards Board of the Financial Reporting Council and Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Quoted Companies Alliance. He is a non-executive director of Finsbury Food Group plc, Halogen Holdings P.L.C., Heartstone Inns Limited and our associated company, Hartim Limited.

A.J. Hall, Non-executive, age 68 * †
Mr Hall joined the board in 1996. Mr Hall held senior investment management positions with The Royal Trust Company of Canada and Aitken Hume. In 1985 he joined Sarasin Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank Sarasin & Cie, a major private Swiss bank, as a director with responsibility for expanding investment services, and was managing director from 1989 to 2000 and he is now a partner of Sarasin & Partners LLP.

J.M. Robotham, OBE, FCA,, Non-executive, age 76 * †
Mr Robotham joined the board in 1971. He is the non-executive chairman of Marshall Monteagle Holdings S.A. and a non-executive director of London Finance & Investment Group P.L.C. He is a chartered accountant and a Member of the Securities Institute.

*    Member of the audit committee
†    Member of the investment committee