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Peter Ibbetson was appointed non-executive chairman in July 2005. Peter was appointed as senior independent non-executive director on 4 April 2007 following Tony Knight’s appointment as non-executive chairman. He is an experienced banker and non-executive director with an extensive background in Corporate, Investment, and Retail banking. From 1974 to 2003 he was employed in the NatWest and RBS Group where he was most recently Director of Investment Banking / Head of Aerospace, and Head of Business Banking. He was a member of the Government’s Small Business Investment Taskforce until September 2006 which looked at venture capital and Equity Gap funding. He is currently a director of Utilyx Limited, the Local Investment Fund and Lenlyn Holdings plc. He is also Regional Chairman for East Anglia of Coutts and Co, and Chairman of The Princes Trust for Cambridgeshire. | 