Edward Jenner, age 52, was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in January 1998 and is Chairman of the Audit & Compliance Committee.

He was a Non-Executive Director of CORGI, the gas safety body, and was strategic development director of the Wedgwood Group having previously been Wedgwood Group Finance Director since 1994. Prior to that he had spent his career in Unilever.

He currently works in property development specialising in environmentally friendly homes.