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Board Effectiveness

Board Of Directors

Phil Male

Chairman

Phil Male has been involved in the development of Internet, media and telecoms services in the UK for more than 25 years. He founded one of the first electronic media businesses after graduating with a degree in Computing Science from Imperial College and went on to develop the UK national news agency The Press Associations’ digital media division. From there he joined Internet pioneer Demon in 1992 as CTO, floating that business as telecommunications operator THUS in 1999 whereas COO he saw it grow into a FTSE 100 company. In 2008 he joined the executive board at Cable & Wireless Worldwide and managed their subsequent IPO process. Since 2010 Phil has served on a number of Boards as a Non-Executive Director and Chair including Comic Relief and SmartDCC (the UK smart metering company), actively invests in new technology businesses, and works in an advisory capacity to a number of institutions in the City.

Meriel Lenfestey

Non-Executive Director, Senior Independent Director

Meriel has experience driving and enabling a shift to customer centricity with forward looking companies across a wide range of business sectors. After receiving her MA from the Royal College of Art, and after spells working at Microsoft in Seattle and the BBC in London, in 1997 she founded a Londonbased customer experience company and grew it to become the UK market leader and highly respected globally. Her work has included tactical and strategic engagements with clients embracing digital transformation across many sectors including Financial Services, Consumer Electronics & Software, Telecoms, Media, Retail, Transport, Energy and Public Sector. She chairs Gemserv in London and is a Non-Executive Director for 2 FTSE 250 infrastructure funds as well as Aurigny Air Services in Guernsey. She holds voluntary Board roles with the IoD and Arts for Impact.

Joe Moynihan

Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Joe Moynihan is an experienced international financial services executive with senior level commercial and public sector experience. He has held a wide range of board level positions in Jersey and International businesses during a career that has spanned over 30 years. This includes being President of the Jersey Bankers Association, Chief Officer/Director of Financial Services for the States of Jersey, and consultant to a number of financial services projects in Jersey and Internationally. Joe has an MBA from the CASS Business School, University of London, is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a graduate of the Irish Institute of Bankers.

Mark Shuttleworth

Non-Executive Director

(Appointed 1 September 2020)

Mark, a Chartered Accountant and certified INSEAD Director, has been a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Countrywide Plc and was a founding Board member and Non-Executive Director of the Middle East Investor Relations Society. Mark has extensive public limited company experience within the International TMT sector including telecommunications and technology manufacturing with scale. He finished his executive career as CFO of FTSE 250 company Pace Plc. Prior to that Mark was the CFO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company PJSC (“du”), based in the UAE, and the former Group CFO of Qatar Telecom plc (“Qtel” now known as “Ooredo”).

Angus Flett

Non-Executive Director

(Appointed 1 December 2020)

Angus has been the CEO of Smart Data Communications Company (DCC) since 2017. He has an extensive telecoms background, including roles in product management, marketing and service operations. As a Managing Director at BT, he was instrumental in the company achieving a world number one ranking for agent technical expertise and number two for agent responsiveness. He was also responsible for BT’s ISPco division, the fifth biggest white-label Internet Service Provider in the UK, running end-to-end services for EE, Vodafone, Post Office and SSE. As Senior Vice President of Vodafone’s Global Enterprise Products, Angus developed the company’s enterprise connectivity strategy and launching its global connectivity portfolio targeting SME and corporates, achieving revenue growth of 6% above market rates. Angus has a Masters degree in Business Management from the Henley Management College at the University of Reading and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Graeme Millar

Chief Executive Officer

Appointed CEO of JT in 2010, Graeme led JT’s rollout of a full fibre network resulting in Jersey today enjoying the second fastest broadband speeds in the world.* His tenure has also seen the development of JT’s international business which resulted in JT being shortlisted in the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) category in the 2020 Connected Britain Awards. A Cambridge University Science and Engineering graduate, previous to JT Graeme held senior roles with leading global technology businesses such as Vodafone, Motorola and MTS whilst living and working across countries as diverse as the USA, Russia, Hungary and the Netherlands. * https://www.cable.co.uk/broadband/ speed/worldwide-speed-league/

Hélène Narcy

Chief Financial Officer (Appointed 27 April 2020)

Having joined JT in July 2019, Hélène was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in April 2020. A graduate of the French business school ESCP, she also holds the French accounting diploma DECF. Hélène brings more than 25 years’ experience, having held various senior Finance positions across different industry types. She started her career with Gemalto (now part of Thales Group) and more recently spent ten years with UBS. Hélène has worked in different countries including the UAE, Jersey and the USA. Representing Finance in senior management committees, she led a number of Finance transformation projects with a positive impact to the business.

Sean Collins

Non-Executive Director, Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee

(Retired 26 April 2021)

John Kent

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