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Dr. Philip Nolan was appointed as a non-executive director of the Company in May, 2004. Dr. Nolan, graduated from Queen's University in Belfast with a BSc and a PhD in geology and has a MBA from the London Business School. He spent 15 years at BP, before moving to take up the position of Managing Director of Interconnector (UK) Ltd, the consortium formed to construct and operate the pipeline which links the gas network of the UK to that of mainland Europe. In 1996, Dr. Nolan joined British Gas plc, where he was appointed Managing Director of Transco in 1997. He was appointed to the Board of British Gas in July, 1998. In 2000, Dr. Nolan was appointed Chief Executive of Lattice Group plc. Dr. Nolan is currently Chief Executive of eircom Limited, Ireland's largest telecommunications supplier, a position he has held since January, 2002. | 