Anthony Hobson joined the Board in 2002 and became Chairman in 2005. He is also Chairman of The Sage Group plc; a non-executive director of Glas Cymru (Welsh Water) and Esure; he is Chairman of the Trustees of Changing Faces, the leading UK disfigurement charity.
He is a Chartered Accountant and was previously the Group Finance Director of Legal & General Group Plc for fourteen years, retiring in 2001. He chairs the nomination committee.