Investor relations
Group Direction THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO HIGH STANDARDS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND SUPPORTS THE COMBINED CODE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

Investor relations Group Direction

THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO HIGH STANDARDS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND SUPPORTS THE COMBINED CODE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
 
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Investor contact

NAME
Don Elgie or Barrie Brien

EMAIL
headoffice@creston.com

TELEPHONE
+44 (0)20 7930 9757

FAX
+44 (0)20 7930 8727

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

David Marshall
Non-Executive Chairman
David became Non-Executive Chairman in November 1999 having previously acted as Chairman from 1984 until 1993.  He is Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.  He is Chairman of London Finance & Investment Group P.L.C. and Western Selection P.L.C. which is a substantial shareholder in Creston plc.  He was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Finsbury Food Group Plc on 1 May 2008 and is also a Non-Executive Director of Northbridge Industrial Services Plc.

Don Elgie
Group Chief Executive
Don Elgie was appointed Chief Executive in January 2001 having created the concept of Creston as a marketing services group.  Don has over thirty years of experience in marketing services.  He had previously been a founder of Grandfield Rork Collins Communications Group, which was acquired by Saatchi & Saatchi, where he went on to become UK and Europe Operations Director.  He is a member of the Nominations Committee.

Barrie Brien
Chief Operating & Financial Officer
Barrie Brien was appointed as Chief Operating and Financial Officer in September 2004.  Barrie has over twenty years of experience in marketing services.  He was previously Chief Operating and Financial Officer for EMEA at Lowe and Draft Worldwide.  Prior to this Barrie was CFO for Lowe UK and held positions in Saatchi & Saatchiand other marketing groups.

 

Andrew Dougal
Non-Executive Director
Andrew Dougal was appointed to the Board in September 2006.  He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.  Andrew was previously CEO of Hanson, the international building materials company and, prior to its demerger, Finance Director of Hanson Plc, the diversified industrial company. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Taylor Wimpey Plc, where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee, and of Premier Farnell Plc.   

Malcolm Wall
Non-Executive Director
Malcolm Wall was appointed to the Board in April 2007.  He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations and Audit Committees.  Malcolm is currently the CEO of Content Division, Virgin Media and a Non-Executive Director of ITE Group Plc.  Malcolm was previously COO of United Business Media Plc.   

Directors' Interests

As at 10 June 2008, the beneficial interests of the directors and their families in the share capital of the Company, were as follows:
David Marshall: 0
Don Elgie: 1,427,914
Barrie Brien: 36,500
Andrew Dougal: 15,000

Mr D C Marshall is a Director of Western Selection Plc which holds 3,000,000 Ordinary Shares.