Office of the Chairman and CEO

	Mr Phillip Thorpe Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
	Mr Thorpe began his career as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand, before moving to Hong Kong to take on various senior posts with the Hong Kong Securities Commission. He was later appointed the CEO of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange. In 1989 he moved to London as CEO of the Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers, and subsequently became an Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Authority of the UK. Following this post, he served as CEO to the London Commodity Exchange, Chief Executive of IMRO (the fund management regulator), and Managing Director of the then newly formed Financial Services Authority in the UK. More recently, Mr Thorpe has held the post of Chief Executive of the Institute for Financial Markets (Washington DC) and the CEO of the Dubai Financial Services Authority.

	Mr Mark Morley Head of Corporate Communications
	Mr. Morley has had over 14 years of experience in the field of Media Relations and Corporate Communication. Prior to his position with the Regulatory Authority, Mr. Morley was the Head of Media Relations at WesterGeco / Schlumberger in the U.K. Additionally, Mr. Morley has provided counsel to clients including Pricewaterhouse Cooper, Microsoft, Kodak as well as the prominent US professional services commentator David Maister. Mr. Morley has also served as an adviser to the Protocol Committee at the 2005 G8 Summit. Mr. Morley holds a Masters degree in International Relations from the Keele University in the UK as well as a Bachelors degree in Political Science & Philosophy from the University of Birmingham, U.K. He is also a member of the Association of Political Scientists and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Practitioners.

	Mr AbdulHamid Seedat Head of Internal Audit
	Mr. Seedat holds Bachelor Degrees in Commerce and Accounting and is a qualified Chartered Accountant from South Africa where he obtained the highest marks in Auditing, country wide, in the final qualifying examination CA (SA). He began his career at KPMG, and later worked for Deloitte & Touché and Central Bank Organisations in Botswana and Bahrain. With over 20 years post qualification experience in a number of different capacities in Financial Administration and Auditing, Mr. Seedat spent the latter part of his career heading the internal audit function with the focus on developing the scope of audit to cover all operational areas and governance processes and to ensure a risk based and value added approach. Some of his significant achievements have been the detection of a number of frauds.