James Mellon, Chairman
Appointed Non-Executive Chairman on 23 June 2006, then Executive Chairman on 12 February 2009. Mr Mellon is an entrepreneur who has established several companies around the globe, holds directorships with several investment companies and is a beneficiary of a trust that has 23% share in MFG. He began his career with GT Management in the US and in Hong Kong, and later became the co-founder and Managing Director of Thornton Management (Asia) Ltd. Mr Mellon is also the founding and principal shareholder of the Regent Pacific Group Limited. He is a Non-Executive Director of Charlemagne Capital Limited which had approximately $5bn of assets under management as at 25 May 2007. He is also a Non-Executive Director of UraMin Inc and Speymill Group PLC which are both AIM listed companies. Mr Mellon holds a masters degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University.
Denham Eke, Chief Executive Officer
Appointed a Non-Executive Director in October 2007 and Chief Executive Officer on 12 February 2009. Mr Eke began his career in stockbroking before moving into corporate planning for a major UK insurance broker. He is a director of many years' standing of both public and private companies involved in the retail, manufacturing and financial services sectors. He is currently chairman of Betinternet.com and managing director of Burnbrae Group Limited.
Arron AF Banks
Appointed a Non-Executive Director in 2005 and then CEO from April 2008 until February 2009. Previously Chief Executive Officer of Group Direct Limited, a direct insurance group incorporating Commercial Vehicle Direct, One Business Insurance Solutions, Motor & Home Direct Insurance Services, Taxi Direct, eBike Insurance, as well as other non-insurance products including Panacea Finance Limited, a premium finance company. He has been involved in insurance since 1987, predominantly at Director level, with Lloyds, Haven (NU) and Motorcycle Direct, which he co-founded.
Donald Cecil McCrickard
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 23 June 2006. From 1975-1983 Mr McCrickard was employed by American Express where he successfully headed their businesses in the UK, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia/Pacific/Australia and was a Director of American Express International Inc. Mr McCrickard was employed by the TSB Group plc (now Lloyds TSB Group) from 1983-1992 and became Group Chief Executive as well as Chairman of Hill Samuel, the group’s merchant banking subsidiary. He was Chairman of the group’s Executive Committee, a member of the Executive Committee of the British Bankers Association and a member of the Bank of England’s Deposit Protection Board. He has since held chairmanships and directorships of a number of listed and private companies and specialises in Far Eastern affairs.
Ilyas T Khan (Member of the Renumeration Committee)
Appointed a Non-Executive Director on 21 May 2007. Mr Khan is Non-Executive Chairman of Techpacific Capital Limited which he co-founded in December 1998 in Hong Kong. Prior to founding Techpacific in December 1998, Mr Khan was a senior member of the management team and a Managing Director of Nomura, responsible for the Asian (non-Japan) investment banking and fixed income business. Mr Khan has more than 18 years corporate finance and investment banking experience with financial institutions such as Citicorp, UBS and Schroders.
Alan Clarke (Chairman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee)
Appointed a Non-Executive Director in 2004. A Chartered Accountant and former partner of Ernst & Young during which time he worked closely with HSBC offshore operations in both the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Since 1996 has specialised in corporate finance and strategic consultancy, advising a variety of small and medium sized quoted companies. He currently holds several Non-Executive Directorships for listed and privately owned businesses including Bioprogress plc, Kelpack Holdings Limited and the University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited.
Simon Hull
Appointed a Non-Executive Director in February 2009 and executive director in January 2010. Mr Hull was appointed as a board member and Managing Director of Conister Bank Limited in September 2008. He has over 20 years experience within the banking sector and previously held the position of Managing Director of Alliance & Leicester International Ltd on the Isle of Man and prior to that held other senior roles within Alliance & Leicester in the UK.
David Gibson (Member of the Audit Committee)
Appointed as a Non-Executive Director in February 2009. Mr Gibson qualified as a certified accountant whilst holding posts with Shell-Mex & BP and CIBA-Geigy throughout the UK and abroad before transferring into treasury management in senior positions with Turner & Newall and Westland Helicopters where he qualified as a corporate treasurer. He joined the Trustee Savings Bank of the Channel Islands as Finance Director prior to becoming General Manager Finance at TSB Retail Bank where he gained his formal qualifications as a banker. Prior to retiring from executive life for family reasons he was Group Finance Director of Portman Building Society for 9 years. He is currently Vice Chairman of National Counties Building Society, Deputy Chairman of commercial property investment companies Chellbrook Properties plc and Mountstephen Investments Limited and a Non-Executive Director of TransSend Payments Limited and Conister Bank Limited.
Douglas Grant
Appointed as the Group Finance Director in January 2010 having worked as a financial consultant to the Group since November 2008. He has over 25 years of experience working in finance, initially with Scottish Power before moving to the industrial sector to work with I.C.I. and then Allenwest. Prior to joining Manx Financial Group PLC he was the Group Financial Controller and later Finance Director of various UK and Isle of Man private sector companies and has extensive capital raising experience.
Nicholas Howard Sheard
Appointed as a Director in September 2009. Nick is a director of Conister Bank Limited and Head of Risk & Compliance for Manx Financial Group PLC. Previously Nick was Deputy Director of Banking Supervision for Jersey Financial Services Commission having previously been in charge of the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission Banking Supervision team. He has over 25 years experience in banking and financial markets having worked in various senior roles in finance, compliance and risk management for several major investment banks; notably as Head of Regulatory Risk for NatWest Markets Equities Businesses and Deputy Head of Financial Regulation at CSFB Europe. Nick was born and educated on the Isle of Man and has considerable international experience having worked in London, Frankfurt and Belgium. He holds an MSc in Financial Regulation and Compliance Management and a BA Hons in Accounting and Finance.
