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		Keith Orrell-Jones, Chairman^† Aged 64, British. He was appointed to the Board in December 1992, becoming non-executive Chairman in November 1998. He is non-executive Chairman of FKI plc and was formerly Group Chief Executive of Blue Circle Industries PLC. Chairman of the Nominations & Remuneration Committee.*


		John Langston, Group Managing Director, Sealing Solutions *^† Aged 51, British. He was appointed to the Board in December 2000, having been a director of TI Group and Chief Executive of TI Specialty Polymer Products, since October 1998. He joined TI Group in 1993, becoming Chief Executive of Bundy Automotive in 1997. He was formerly General Manager of the European Car Braking Division of Lucas.


		Einar Lindh, Group Managing Director, Industrial *^† Aged 56, British. He was appointed to the Board, as head of the Industrial business, in February 1996. He first joined the company in 1973, leaving in 1979 to take up an appointment at Great Universal Stores plc. He returned to Smiths in 1983, becoming Managing Director of Portex Ltd in 1990. He is a non-executive director of Spirax Sarco Engineering plc.


		Keith Butler-Wheelhouse, Chief Executive *^† Aged 55, British. He was appointed to the Board in August 1996 and became Chief Executive in November 1996. He was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Saab Automobile in Sweden and prior to that had been Chairman and Chief Executive of Delta Motor Corporation in South Africa. He is a non-executive director of that company and of J Sainsbury plc.


		Alan Thomson, Financial Director *^† Aged 55, British. He was appointed to the Board as Financial Director on joining the company in April 1995. He was previously Finance Director of Rugby Group plc and prior to that had worked for Courtaulds plc, Rockwell International Corporation and Raychem Ltd.


		Julian Horn-Smith, Non-executive Director*^† Aged 52, British. He was appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in February 2000. He is Chief Operating Officer of Vodafone Group Plc, a director of several of its European operating companies, and is Chairman of the Management Board of Mannesmann AG.


		Lawrence Kinet, Group Managing Director, Medical *^† Aged 54, US citizen. He was appointed to the Board in February 2000 and became Group Managing Director, Medical in August 2000. He was previously Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aksys Ltd, and prior to that held senior appointments with Oculon Corp, Kensington Group and Baxter International Inc.


		Sir Colin Chandler, Non-executive Deputy Chairman^† Aged 61, British. He was appointed to the Board in December 2000; a non-executive director of TI Group since 1992. He is Chairman of Vickers Defence Systems and was formerly Chairman of Vickers plc. He worked for British Aerospace and, on secondment, became Head of Defence Export Services, MoD. He was Chairman of Racal Electronics and is a non-executive director of Thales plc. Chairman of the Audit Committee.*


		Robert O'Leary, Non-executive Director*^† Aged 57, US citizen. He was appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in September 1997. He is former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Premier Inc. and was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Medical International. He is a member of the Board of Thermo Electron Corporation.


		Sir Nigel Broomfield, KCMG, Non-executive Director*^† Aged 64, British. He was appointed to the Board in December 2000 having been a non-executive director of TI Group since 1998. Director of the Ditchley Foundation, he is an adviser to Arthur Andersen and a Trustee of the Dresden Trust. Transferred from the Army to the Foreign Service in 1968 and his last post was British Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1993-97.


		John Ferrie, Group Managing Director, Aerospace *^† Aged 54, British. He was appointed to the Board in April 2000 and became Group Managing Director, Aerospace, in August 2000. He had held a number of senior appointments in Rolls-Royce since 1964, most recently executive Vice-President, business operations, Rolls-Royce Allison. He completed an Engineering Doctorate in 1998 and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.


		John Hignett, Non-executive Director*^† Aged 67, British. He was appointed to the Board in December 2000 having been a non-executive director of TI Group since 1989 and Deputy Chairman from 1993-2000. He is Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc. He was formerly a Managing Director of Lazard Brothers & Co. Ltd, Director General of the Takeover Panel and Finance Director of Glaxo Holdings plc.


		David Lillycrop, General Counsel *^† Aged 45, British. He was appointed to the Board in December 2000, having been an executive director of TI Group since June 1998. He joined TI Group in 1989, becoming Group Company Secretary in 1991 and, additionally, General Counsel in 1997. A barrister, he was previously Director of Legal Affairs at Quaker Oats Ltd. He is Chairman of TI Pension Trustee Ltd.

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