* At 22 March 2005
** Andrew Pinder’s appointment is subject to clearance
under the civil service Business Appointment rules

Steven B Fink – Chairman
Steven Fink (54) is Chief Executive Officer of Lawrence Investments LLC, a privately owned company with controlling and non-controlling interests in approximately thirty technology and biotechnology companies. Prior to joining Lawrence Investments, he was a founding partner and continues to serve as Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Knowledge Universe Inc. He was previously Chairman and CEO of Anthony Manufacturing Company, a specialty glass and glass coatings manufacturer with plants in the United States, Japan, Italy and Venezuela.

He serves as Chairman of the Board of LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., a NYSE listed educational toy company, and Vice Chairman of Heron International, a London-based European real estate company. He also serves on numerous boards of directors, including Nobel Learning Communities, Pillar Data, nCUBE and NetSuite. He holds a B.S. from the University of California at Los Angeles and a J.D. and an L.L.M. from New York University. He was appointed as Non-executive Chairman on 20 June 2002, having previously held this role from June 1997 until May 2000.

Thomas J Kalinske – Non-executive Director
Thomas Kalinske (60) is the Chief Executive Officer of LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. From 1997 through 2003 he was Chairman as well as President of Knowledge Universe Inc. Previously he spent six years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sega of America. Before that he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Matchbox Toy Group and Mattel Toy Inc and a Director of Knowledge Universe Inc and the Toy Industry Association. He is currently a trustee of the Milken Family Foundation on Education and Training. He holds a B. S. from the University of Wisconsin and a MBA from the University of Arizona. He was non-executive Chairman of Spring Group plc from August 1996 to June 1997.

Richard T Barfield – Chief Executive Officer
Richard Barfield (47) was appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director in June 2000 and became Chief Executive Officer in March 2002. Richard is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, having trained with KPMG. He subsequently occupied senior financial positions with BellSouth Corporation, SmithKline Beecham and Northgate Information Solutions. He is a non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Arc International plc, a world leader in semiconductor technology, and Vice-Chairman of the recruitment industry trade association, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

William J Grubbs – Chief Operating Officer
William Grubbs (47) was appointed to the Board on 14 March 2002 and became Chief Operating Officer on 29 April 2002. He has responsibility for running all of Spring's Technology Staffing businesses. Prior to joining Spring, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of TRS Staffing Solutions, the staffing and services division of Fluor Corporation, which specialises in IT, finance and engineering recruitment. Before that he was Managing Director of the IT Contracts Division of Harvey Nash Group Plc.

Barrie A Clark – Senior non-executive Director
Barrie Clark (58) was a Director and shareholder in The Link Organisation, which was acquired by CRT Group plc (now Spring Group plc) in June 1990. In May 1991 he was appointed Group Finance Director of CRT Group plc and later became Chief Operating Officer. In February 1994 he retired as a Director of CRT Group plc and moved to the Isle of Man where he is still resident. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and prior to joining The Link Organisation held financial directorships with a number of private companies. He was appointed as a non-executive Director in April 1995 and became the non-executive Chairman until the Knowledge Universe subscription in August 1996. He is currently non-executive Chairman of IS Solutions plc, a listed technology services company, a non-executive Director of EDI plc, an AIM listed company, and also a Director of a number of private companies.

Philip B Simon – Non-executive Director
Philip B Simon (52) was appointed to the Board in October 2003. He is President of Lawrence Investments, LLC, a privately owned investment firm specializing in technology focused private equity investments. He serves on the board of directors of several private companies affiliated with Lawrence Investments. Mr. Simon is also a CPA and has more than 20 years experience consulting on tax and business matters. Prior to joining Lawrence Investments in 1997, Mr. Simon worked full time for 16 years as a partner in Howson & Simon LLP. Mr. Simon holds an A.B. from Yale University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Peter A Magowan – Independent non-executive Director
Peter Magowan (62) was Chairman of Safeway Inc between 1980 and 1998 and Chief Executive Officer from 1980 to 1993. He resigned as Chief Executive Officer in 1993 when he became President and Managing Partner of the San Francisco Giants.

Amir Eilon – Independent non-executive Director
Amir Eilon (56) was appointed to the Board on 13 January 2005. He has over 35 years' international capital markets experience in corporate treasury, investment banking and private equity. Following corporate treasury roles at British Steel and Esso Petroleum, his City experience began at Continental Illinois and Samuel Montagu. He was subsequently Head of Global Capital Markets at Barclays de Zoete Wedd and Managing Director of Private Equity at Credit Suisse First Boston. He has his own corporate finance advisory practice, Eilon & Associates, and is also a non-executive Director of easyJet plc and Flamingo Holdings, a leading company in the fresh produce sector.

Andrew Pinder CBE – Independent non-executive Director
Andrew Pinder (57) was appointed to the Board on 22 March 2005. He has served as the Government's e-Envoy at the Department of Trade and Industry from 2000 until 2004, reporting directly to the Prime Minister, with overall responsibility for the Government's UK online strategy. As e-Envoy, he promoted access to the internet and helped bring the vast majority of government services on line.