The Board comprises 4 Executive Directors and 2 Non-executive Directors, 1 of which is considered to be independent for the purposes of the QCA Guidelines.

Brief biographical details of the Directors are set out below:

 

Roger Allard, Executive Chairman (Age 54)

Roger has been involved in the travel industry for almost 40 years. He was a board director of ABTA until 2007 and of several other non-competing travel companies. Roger was instrumental in creating Owners Abroad (now First Choice Holidays) and in listing it on the London Stock Exchange in 1982. After 20 years, Roger left First Choice in 1993 as Group Managing Director and was involved in the aviation industry until 1996. Roger acquired the Voyages of Discovery brand in 1997.

 

Rob Bryant, Chief Executive (Age 52)

Rob is Chief Executive of the Company. He worked previously for Horizon and was Managing Director of Owners Abroad Aviation until 1993. Thereafter Rob worked in senior positions within the travel industry until he joined the Company in 2002 as a director, having previously been a consultant to the Company.

 

Ross Jobber, Chief Operating Officer (Age 44)

Ross Jobber is Chief Operating Officer on the main board. He previously was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank in London and has worked as a stockbroker in the UK for twenty years. As an equity research analyst he specialised in UK smaller companies as well as the European technology sector and is currently Global Markets Research Chief Operating Officer.  

 

Philip Ovenden, Non-Executive (Age 66)

Philip, a chartered accountant, was the Group's Chief Executive until April 2007 and is now a non-executive director. Philip has been involved in the travel industry for more than 30 years. He worked at the International Leisure Group for seven years between 1984 and 1991 and was Chief Executive of Leisure International Airlines from 1994 until it was purchased by First Choice Holidays in 1998. He joined All Leisure as Group Chief Executive in 2000.

 

Nigel Jenkins, Non-Executive (Age 56)

Nigel Jenkins has been involved in the travel industry for 35 years. A founding Director of Unijet in 1981 he joined First Choice Holidays PLC in 1998. He led the restructure and turnaround of their Canadian division before returning to the UK in 2004 to become Managing Director of their Activity Holiday Sector and a member of their Group Management Board. He retired from First Choice in October 2006. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of  KBC PR & Marketing and YouTravel.

 

Guy Marchant, Group Finance Director (Age 35)

Guy, a Chartered Accountant joined from the activity sector of TUI Travel where, after various roles in Group Finance for First Choice Holidays PLC, he was Head of Finance for Adventure Company and Trek America. Guy qualified with Deloitte & Touche prior to joining First Choice in 2003.

 

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee will consist of Philip Ovenden who will act as Chairman and Nigel Jenkins.

The Audit Committee will: Monitor the integrity of the financial statements of the Company Review Accounting Policies; Ensure compliance with Stock Exchange and other legal requirements; Review the effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controls; Review the Company’s risk management systems; Consider and make recommendations to the Board in relation to the appointment, re-appointment and removal of external auditors; Oversee the relationship with the external auditor; Report formally to the Board after each meeting.

 

Remuneration Committee

The Remuneration will consist of Nigel Jenkins who will act as Chairman, Philip Ovenden.

The Remuneration Committee will: Make recommendations to the Board on the framework and broad policy for the Remuneration of Chairman, Chief Executive and Company Secretary of the Company. On an annual basis approve base salaries. Make recommendations to the Board on targets for performance related bonus schemes. Review Service Contracts. Review the design of share incentive plans.