The Board of Directors

Gerry Mason - Non-executive Chairman

Gerry trained as an engineer and founded the Morson business in 1969. Under Gerry's leadership the business grew to become the UK's leading provider of technical human capital solutions. Gerry retired as an Executive Director in 1999 but retains a wealth of industry experience and contacts.

Ged Mason - Chief Executive

Ged has been Chief Executive of Morson since January 2005, having been Managing Director since 1999. He joined Morson International in 1986 following completion of his university education and a period working for a technical recruitment organisation in Canada. As Chief Executive, Ged is responsible for key staff resourcing strategy, managing agent development and key client liaison.

Kevin Gorton MBA - Managing Director

Kevin, who joined the Group in 1995, has extensive experience of managing multi-disciplined human capital management projects, including developing supply chains, change management processes, strategic implementation and operational delivery models. Kevin has a key role in the strategic development of the Group.

Paul Gilmour - Chief Financial Officer

Paul qualified as a chartered accountant with Touche Ross & Co before joining Morson in 1991 as financial controller. Paul became Finance Director in 1993 and is a key member of the management team responsible for the financial development of the Group.

Steve Seddon - Executive Director, Morson Projects.

Following a time-served engineering apprenticeship, Steve gained 15 years experience in Engineering Design and Technical Project Management in the Aerospace and Nuclear industries before moving into Business Development. After a further 7 years of developing growth in various industry sectors, alliancing opportunities and introduction into new markets, Steve was appointed as Executive Director in November 2004 and is today responsible for the overall business performance of Morson Projects.

Karl Monaghan (Aged 43) - Non-executive Director

After graduating from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, Karl trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in Dublin. He has worked in corporate finance departments at a number of merchant banks and stockbrokers, latterly with Credit Lyonnais Securities for seven years and Robert W. Baird for two years until June 2002. During this time he focussed on business services companies and has significant experience in advising companies in the staffing sector.

He set up Ashling Capital LLP in December 2002 to provide consultancy services to quoted and private companies. He is also a non-executive director of AIM companies CareTech Holdings PLC and FDM Holdings PLC.

Ian Knight (aged 54) - Non-executive Director

Ian is an experienced non-executive director with a strong track record of leading acquisition programmes, the development and implementation of business strategy and business transformation exercises.

Ian was previously Group Treasurer of the Yorkshire Water Group from privatisation in 1989 until 1998, when he became Finance and Strategic Development Director for its non-water subsidiaries, helping to grow these infrastructure businesses both organically and by acquisition. He is currently Non- Executive Chairman of QDS Environmental Limited and Delta Simons Environmental Consultants Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Mouchel Parkman Group.