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KBC Peel Hunt (KBCPH), the mid-cap investment bank and principal sponsor of the Annual NED Awards, is delighted to announce the 2008 winners. At a ceremony at the Royal Exchange, the chair of the judging panel Baroness Hogg revealed the successful nominees as follows:

1. Not-for-Profit
1st place Archdeacon Peter Ballard, NE chairman, St. Martin’s College/University of
Cumbria
Commended Colin Maclean, OBE, NE chairman, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Commended Joanna Davis, NE chairman, Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust

2. Quoted Company – AIM
1st place Ishbel Macpherson, NE director, Hydrogen Group plc
Commended Richard Shacklady, NE chairman, Pressure Technologies
Commended Colin Lloyd, NE chairman, Motivcom

3. Quoted Company – Official List
1st place Sir John Parker, NE chairman, National Grid plc
Commended Peter Ellwood, NE chairman, ICI
Commended Sir Peter Gershon, NE chairman, Premier Farnell

4. Unlisted/Private Equity Backed
1st place David Codling, NE chairman, Sinclair Animal & Household Care Ltd
Commended Michael Major, NE chairman, Nucare plc
Commended Mike Masters, NE chairman, Million-2-1 Ltd

Second-round voting:

5. Overall NED of the year
Sir John Parker, NE chairman, National Grid plc

“We are extremely pleased with the popularity of this year’s awards. There were a large number of nominations and the judges had a difficult job given the exceptional quality of the entries. More importantly however, the awards acknowledge the huge importance of NEDs and the role they play in delivering shareholder value. The awards are a fitting tribute to the often unsung role that NEDs play in today’s corporate world and we congratulate the winners and extend an invitation to all nominees to enter again next year,” says Simon Hayes, chief executive of KBC Peel Hunt.

For details of next year’s awards please visit www.nedawards.co.uk

The ceremony was hosted by former BBC news presenter Martyn Lewis, and John Waples, business editor of The Sunday Times, a co-sponsor, also spoke of the importance of NEDs in today’s financial climate.

The awards are sponsored by: global venture capital and private equity business 3i; the Non Executive Directors Association, founded in 2006 to look after the interests of NEDs; leading law firm Pinsent Masons; The Sunday Times; Southampton University School of Management, one of the top management schools in the UK; and Alvarez & Marsal, the leading global professional services firm.


Contact:
KBC Peel Hunt
Simon Hayes, chief executive 020 7418 8900
Steven Fine, managing director

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