People: Spirent Communications Plc (SPT.L)
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bramson, Edward | 57 | 2008 | Non-Executive Chairman of the Board |
| Burns, William | 41 | 2008 | Group Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director |
| Hutchinson, Eric | 53 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director | |
| Anscombe, Michael | Company Secretary | ||
| Eastman, Gerard | 51 | 2006 | Non-Executive Director |
| Brindle, Ian | 65 | 2006 | Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Walker, Alexander | 62 | 2006 | Senior Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Lewis, Duncan | 57 | 2007 | Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Maxwell, Tom | 61 | 2007 | Independent Non-Executive Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Bramson, Edward | Mr. Edward Bramson is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Spirent Communications Plc. He was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Nomination Committee on 22 December 2006. He is chairman and chief executive officer of Nautilus, Inc, where he was elected to the board on 31 December 2007. He was a member of the board of directors of Elementis plc where he served as chairman from June 2005 to September 2006 and as non-executive director until April 2007. Mr Bramson was chairman of 4imprint Group plc from October 2003 to July 2004 and a nonexecutive director until his resignation from the board in April 2005 and was chairman of Ampex Corporation until his resignation in February 2007. He is currently a partner in Sherborne Investors, a turnaround investment firm. |
| Burns, William | Mr. William Burns is Group Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Spirent Communications plc on 6 November 2008, having previously led the Communications division. He is responsible for overall leadership, strategy, investments, coordination of resources and leveraging Spirent’s breadth and depth of technology across all of Spirent’s business units. |
| Hutchinson, Eric | Mr. Eric Hutchinson is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director of Spirent Communications Plc in 2000, having previously been responsible for all financial reporting and control within the Group. He is also a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Trifast plc. |
| Anscombe, Michael | |
| Eastman, Gerard | Mr. Gerard Eastman is Non-Executive Director of Spirent Communications Plc. He was appointed to the Board on 22 December 2006. He is a partner in Sherborne Investors, a turnaround investment firm. He also serves as a director on the board of Nautilus, Inc. He was previously a managing director of investment banking at Citigroup and before that held senior positions at Salomon Brothers and S.G.Warburg & Co. |
| Brindle, Ian | Mr. Ian Brindle is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Spirent Communications Plc. He was appointed to the Board on 22 December 2006 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. He was previously UK chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers and deputy chairman of the Financial Reporting Review Panel. He serves as a non-executive director on the boards of 4imprint Group plc and Elementis plc. |
| Walker, Alexander | Mr. Alex Walker is Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Spirent Communications Plc. He was appointed to the Board on 22 December 2006 and is the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He was chief executive of Yule Catto & Co. plc until 17 August 2006 and is currently a member of the audit, remuneration and nomination committees of Rotork plc. |
| Lewis, Duncan | Mr. Duncan Lewis is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Spirent Communications Plc. He was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2007. Mr Lewis is chief executive officer of Vislink plc, a technology company supplying secure communication systems to the broadcast, law enforcement and marine and energy markets. Until October 2008 he was senior adviser to The Carlyle Group, assisting them in developing strategy and identifying investments in the telecommunications and media sector worldwide. |
| Maxwell, Tom | Mr. Tom Maxwell is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Spirent Communications Plc. He was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2007. Until September 2007, he was investment director and head of the UK Growth & Income Product Group at Martin Currie Investment Management in Edinburgh and is a non-executive director of Foresight 3 VCT plc. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland and a Member of the Society of Investment Professionals & CFA Institute. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
| Bramson, Edward | -- |
| Burns, William | 369,100 |
| Hutchinson, Eric | 518,200 |
| Anscombe, Michael | -- |
| Eastman, Gerard | -- |
| Brindle, Ian | -- |
| Walker, Alexander | -- |
| Lewis, Duncan | -- |
| Maxwell, Tom | -- |
As Of 30 Dec 2008
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Bramson, Edward | 0 | 0 |
| Burns, William | 0 | 0 |
| Hutchinson, Eric | 0 | 0 |
| Anscombe, Michael | 0 | 0 |
| Eastman, Gerard | 0 | 0 |
| Brindle, Ian | 0 | 0 |
| Walker, Alexander | 0 | 0 |
| Lewis, Duncan | 0 | 0 |
| Maxwell, Tom | 0 | 0 |





