BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Age 68

Geoff is Chairman of Taptu Limited, a Non-voting Board Director of Capgemini Group, a member of the Advisory Board of Palamon Capital Partners and also chairs one of their investments, RD Card Holdings Ltd. He is also Chairman of OpenCloud Ltd and Xchanging plc. Previously he was Chief Executive of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young until 2002, Chairman of United Business Media plc from 2002 to 2007, Alliance Medical Group until December 2010 and Liberata plc from 2003 to 2011.

Age 44

Andrew was appointed Chief Executive of Halma p.l.c. in February 2005. He became a member of the Halma Executive Board in 2002 as Divisional Chief Executive of the Optics and Water Instrumentation Division and was promoted to a Director of the Halma p.l.c. Board in 2004. He joined Halma in 1994 as Manufacturing Director of Reten Acoustics (now HWM-water) and became Managing Director of that company in 1997. Andrew is a Chartered Engineer and a production engineering graduate of Birmingham University.
Telephone: +44 (0)1494 721111

Age 51

Kevin is Finance Director of Halma. In 1995 he joined the Halma Executive Board as Finance Director, in 1997 became Group Finance Director and in 1998 was appointed to the Halma p.l.c. Board. He joined Halma in 1987 as Group Financial Controller and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse. Kevin is an economics and accounting graduate of Bristol University.
Telephone: +44 (0)1494 721111

Age 49

Adam is Chief Executive of the Health Optics Division. He was promoted to a Director of Halma's p.l.c. Board in April 2008. He became a member of the Halma Executive Board in 2003 as Divisional Chief Executive. He joined Halma in 1996 as President of Bio-Chem Valve. Adam is a systems engineering graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and gained his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Telephone: +1 973 263 9962

Age 61

Neil is Chief Executive of the Safety Sensors Division. He was appointed to the Halma Executive Board in 1995 and to the Halma p.l.c. Board in 1998. He joined Halma as Sales Director of Apollo Fire Detectors in 1987, becoming Managing Director in 1992. Neil has a material sciences degree from Sheffield University.
Telephone: +44 (0)23 9249 9412

Age 45

Jane was appointed a non‑executive Director of Halma in August 2007. She is Finance Director of Infinis Limited. Jane qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young and has a degree in civil engineering from Birmingham University. Previously Jane was finance director of both Wilson Bowden Plc and Pressac plc. She spent three years as an internal audit manager with GEC Alsthom and five years in East Asia with Asia Pulp and Paper Co Limited.

Age 58

Norman was appointed a non-executive Director of Halma in July 2010. He is non-executive Chairman of Interserve Plc, Senior Independent Director at Standard Life Plc and a non-executive director of Ofcom, the communications regulator. He is also a non-executive Commissioner of Postcomm. His past business roles have included Senior Independent Director at SEGRO plc, Director of Group Development at NatWest Group and Partner at McKinsey & Company. He served as Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit from 1995 to 1997 and was subsequently Chairman of the Independent Centre for Policy Studies from 2000 to 2009 where he remains a board member. He was created a Life Peer in 1997.

Age 53

Steve was appointed a non-executive Director of Halma in July 2010. He is non-executive Chairman of Wincanton plc and non-executive Chairman of Balfour Beatty plc. He is a former chairman of Delta plc, Queens' Moat Houses plc and Torex Retail plc as well as a former non-executive director at Southern Water Services Limited. He was Group Chief Executive of Railtrack Group plc and prior to that Thorn plc, having also served as Finance Director at each company. His earlier career included a wide range of corporate and operational roles at Grand Metropolitan plc, Burton Group, Black & Decker and BOC Group. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Age 60

Stephen is the Senior Independent Director. He was appointed a non-executive Director of Halma in September 2003. He is a non-executive director of National Grid plc and BT Group plc - Equality of Access Board. Stephen is an Economics and Politics graduate of Cardiff University, has an MSc from London School of Economics and an MBA from INSEAD. Previously Stephen was non-executive Chairman of ROK plc, an executive director with Cable & Wireless PLC and a divisional chief executive with BP PLC.

Age 41

Daniela was appointed a non-executive Director of Halma in November 2011. She is Chief Executive of Impetus Trust. Daniela's past business roles have included Head of Institutional Support at Save the Children, Assistant Vice President, Private Equity and Venture Capital at BancBoston Capital, Inc. and roles at Goldman, Sachs & Co. (New York) and Citibank, N.A. (Brazil). She is also on the advisory board or a trustee of a number of non-listed, social sector organisations in the UK and Brazil. Daniela has a BSc in Economics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Board of directors officers/advisers

Age 48

Carol was appointed Company Secretary of Halma p.l.c. in 1998. She spent three years with English China Clays p.l.c. before joining Halma in 1995 as Group Finance Manager. She is a maths graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Virginia and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen.
Telephone: +44 (0)1494 721111