Executive Directors

Gavin David Redvers Oldham (Age 60), Chief Executive Officer

Gavin’s responsibilities include all aspects of control and oversight, including the Group’s strategy for growth. Founder of The Share Centre, having previously established Barclayshare (now Barclays Stockbrokers) for Barclays Bank, Gavin plays an active role in business affairs and is a regular contributor to radio and TV. An elected member of the General Synod and a Church Commissioner, he also serves on the Church’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group, and is a trustee of pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group) and founder of The Share Foundation.

Richard William Stone, ACA (Age 36), Group Finance

Richard, a qualified Chartered Accountant, joined Share plc in April 2006, from his previous role as a Director of Huntswood – an outsourcing business serving the financial services sector. Prior to this he was Group Financial Controller at ECsoft plc (now CIBER Inc.). His earlier investment market experience as an equity research analyst with the US investment bank, Robertson Stephens, included involvement in a number of initial public offerings across Europe, and will enable him to contribute to the further development of Share plc’s profile in addition to managing the financial and administrative affairs of the Group.

Iain Paul Wallace (Age 40), Group Compliance and Legal Services

Iain brings his experience as a private client stockbroker, and latterly a regulator with the Securities and Futures Authority and the Financial Services Authority, to bear directly on maintaining a strong compliance culture that delivers clear, fair and effective services for our customers. He maintains oversight of the Sharemark and Sharefunds services for corporate clients, as well as The Share Centre’s advice service and HR functions. During 2007 Iain completed a Masters Degree in Financial Services Law (LLM) with Distinction.

Non-executive Directors

Sir Martin Wakefield Jacomb (Age 80), Non-executive Chairman

Sir Martin brings to the Share plc Board a wealth of experience from across the business spectrum. Currently non-executive Chairman of Canary Wharf plc, and Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, his previous experience includes Chairman of Prudential, Chairman of BZW, Deputy Chairman of Barclays plc and directorships including the Bank of England, Rio Tinto plc, and Marks and Spencer plc.

Richard Ian Tolkien (Age 55), Non-executive

Richard started his career with five years at HM Treasury, and then went on to spend 24 years as an investment banker with advisory and management experience gained in senior corporate finance and executive roles with Morgan Grenfell, HSBC and Macquarie Bank. He is also a non-executive director of Parkwood Holdings plc.

Senior Management

In addition to the directors named above the following individuals are directors of the Groups principal subsidiary, The Share Centre.

Martin Jeremy Helliwell (Age 54), Operations Director,
The Share Centre Limited

Jeremy previously worked in a variety of project and systems based roles at Barclays, and was part of the core team which created Barclayshare (now Barclays Stockbrokers). Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business including the front office activities of Customer Services and Dealing, as well as the firm’s IT systems and infrastructure, Jeremy maintains significant day-to-day involvement in delivering quality services to our customers.

Guy James Knight (Age 51), Sales and Marketing Director,
The Share Centre Limited

Guy brings extensive practical experience across the insurance, investment banking, stockbroking and retail banking sectors. He has held a variety of Marketing, General Management and Board positions at companies including Hiscox Insurance, Deutsche Bank, Charles Schwab, Credit Agricole, The Mortgage Corporation and Nationwide Building Society. He is responsible for PR, marketing communications, brand management, product and pricing strategy and the corporate sales function.