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Board of Directors

Photo: Nick Prest, Chairman Photo: Richard Longdon, Chief Executive Photo: Paul Taylor FCCA, Finance Director and Company Secretary Photo: David Mann, Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director Photo: Jonathan Brooks, Non-Executive Director Photo: Philip Dayer, Non-Executive Director Photo: Hervé Couturier, Non-Executive Director

Nick Prest CBE, aged 57 (appointed 11 January 2006)
Chairman

Nick Prest joined the Board of AVEVA in January 2006. Following a spell at the Ministry of Defence at the outset of his career Nick joined Alvis, the defence contractor, in 1982, becoming Chief Executive in 1989 and Chairman and Chief Executive in 1996. Nick left Alvis following its acquisition by BAE Systems in 2004, by which time the company had become a leading international business in military land systems. In addition to his position at Alvis, Nick had a prominent role in defence industry representation, serving as Chairman of the Defence Manufacturers' Association and Vice Chairman of the National Defence Industries Council. In addition to being Chairman of AVEVA, Nick is also Chairman of Cohort plc, the AIM quoted defence technical services Group, and Chairman of Shephard Group, a privately owned media business.

Richard Longdon, aged 54 (appointed 16 August 1994)
Chief Executive

Richard Longdon received an engineering training in the defence industry then gained experience in the project management of high value engineering projects. He moved into sales and held a series of international sales and marketing positions. He joined AVEVA in 1984 and shortly afterwards was made marketing manager for the process products. In January 1992, he relocated to Frankfurt where he was responsible for setting up and running the Group's German office. He returned to the UK as part of the management buyout team in 1994, taking responsibility for the Group's worldwide sales and marketing activities, before being appointed Managing Director in May 1999. He took over as Group Chief Executive in December 1999.

Paul Taylor FCCA, aged 45 (appointed 1 March 2001)
Finance Director and Company Secretary

Paul Taylor is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and joined AVEVA in 1989. He was heavily involved in the flotation process and has been responsible for UK accounting and for the development of its overseas subsidiaries, including adherence to Group standards. Between 1998 and 2001 Paul was also UK Director of Human Resources and was appointed to the position of Finance Director and Company Secretary of AVEVA Group plc on 1 March 2001. Before joining AVEVA, Paul trained within the accountancy profession before moving to Philips Telecommunications (UK), where he was responsible for the management accounts of its public sectors division. During the year Paul was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Anite plc.

David Mann, aged 65 (appointed 8 June 1999)
Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director

David Mann entered the Information Technology industry after reading Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University. From 1969 to 1994 he worked for Logica plc where he became Head of Worldwide Operations, then Group Chief Executive and finally Deputy Chairman. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Velti Group plc and Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Charteris plc (both quoted on AIM). He is a Past President of the British Computer Society and a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists in the City of London.

Jonathan Brooks, aged 54 (appointed 12 July 2007)
Non-Executive Director

Jonathan Brooks joined AVEVA in July 2007. He currently holds a number of Directorships with technology based companies. He is a Non-Executive Director of Xyratex Limited, a Nasdaq-listed provider of enterprise class data storage sub systems and network technology, and e2v technologies plc, an LSE listed manufacturer of specialised components and sub systems. He is also Chairman of Picochip Inc., a private equity company developing wireless processors. Between 1995 and 2002, he was Chief Financial Officer and a Director of ARM Holdings plc.

Philip Dayer, aged 59 (appointed 7 January 2008)
Non-Executive Director

Philip Dayer qualified as a chartered accountant and pursued a corporate finance career in investment banking, specialising in advising small and mid-market UK companies. He was first appointed an Advisory Director in 1983 of Barclays Merchant Bank Limited and since then has held the position of Corporate Finance Director with a number of banks. He retired from Hoare Govett Limited in 2004. Philip was a financial consultant to OJSC Rosneft Oil Company, the Russian state-owned oil and gas company, on their flotation in 2006. Philip is a Non-Executive Director of Dana Petroleum plc, JSC Kazmunaigas Exploration Production and Navigators Underwriting Agency Limited, Senior Independent Director of Cadogan plc and Arden Partners plc and Chairman of IP PLUS plc.

Hervé Couturier, aged 51 (appointed 1 April 2010)
Non-Executive Director

Hervé Couturier joined the AVEVA Board in April 2010. Since 2008 he has been Executive Vice President of SAP AG's Technology Group. He also serves as a board member for SimCorp A/S, a public Danish software company, and has held management positions at a number of IT companies including Business Objects, the worldwide leader of business intelligence solutions, now part of SAP, S1 Corporation, a provider of software for financial and payment services, and XRT, a leading European treasury management software company, now part of the Sage Group plc. Hervé holds both an engineering degree and a Master of Science degree from the école Centrale Paris in France. He began his career at IBM in 1982, where he held various engineering and business positions through until 1997.

  • Photo: Nick Prest, Chairman
  • Photo: Richard Longdon, Chief Executive
  • Photo: Paul Taylor FCCA, Finance Director and Company Secretary
  • Photo: David Mann, Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director
  • Photo: Jonathan Brooks, Non-Executive Director
  • Photo: Philip Dayer, Non-Executive Director
  • Photo: Hervé Couturier, Non-Executive Director
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