The Hargreaves Lansdown Boards

Board of directors

Tracey Taylor FCCA MSI - Group Finance Director

Tracey Taylor joined Hargreaves Lansdown in 1999 and her responsibilities within the Group have included systems, HR, group finance, client accounting and the Company Secretarial function. In 2001, Tracey was appointed to the role of Company Secretary and in 2006 was appointed to the role of Group Accounting Director and to the Executive Committee. In 2008 she was appointed to the Board and the position of Group Finance Director. Prior to joining Hargreaves Lansdown she qualified as an accountant. Tracey holds an MSc in Finance and is also a Member of the Securities & Investment Institute (MSI).

Jonathan Bloomer - Senior non-executive Director

Jonathan became a non-executive director of the Company in September 2006. Jonathan is currently a partner in Cerberus European Capital Advisers LLP, executive Chairman of Lucida plc and Chairman of Scottish RE Group Limited. Previously, Jonathan was Chief Executive of Prudential plc. He also spent twenty years in practice with Arthur Andersen LLP. Jonathan was Chairman of the Practitioner Panel of the FSA. His previous positions also include board membership of the Association of British Insurers, Geneva Association (International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics) and Railtrack plc.

Michael Evans - Non-executive Director

Michael Evans became a Non-executive Director of the Company in 2006. Michael is a qualified actuary with 26 years' industry experience. He is director of life insurance at Pinsent Masons, non-executive chairman of the Unitholders' Advisory Committee of the ING Real Estate Select Global Osiris Fund and also non-executive chairman of the Quoted Investments Advisory Board of ING Real Estate Investment Management UK. Michael was formerly Chief Operating Officer at Skandia UK Limited.

Jonathan Davis – Non-executive director (appointed 1 February 2008)

Jonathan became a non-executive Director of the Company in February 2008. Jonathan, a former senior business journalist on The Times, The Economist and The Independent, is a regular columnist in the Financial Times and founder of Independent Investor LLP, an independent investment publishing business. His published books include Investing with Anthony Bolton (2004). He has degrees in history and management from Cambridge University and MIT, where he wrote a thesis on the methods of Warren Buffett. He is currently an Investment Director at Agrifirma Services Ltd, an investment advisory firm.

Mary Theresa Barry - Group Marketing Director

Theresa graduated with a 2:1 in Politics from the University of Bristol. She joined Hargreaves Lansdown as the first full-time employee in 1982. Theresa has also worked in marketing at Abbey Unit Trust Managers Limited in the City of London. Theresa was born in 1958.

Nigel Bence - Group Compliance Director

Nigel graduated with a First from Bristol Polytechnic (now the Univeristy of the West of England) with a BA Honours Degree in Financial Services. He joined the compliance department of Hargreaves Lansdown in 1992. In 2001, he was appointed to the role of Group Compliance Director. Nigel was born in 1971.

Andrew Christian - Managing Director Vantage and Broking Operations

Andrew graduated from Nottingham Polytechnic (now Nottingham Trent University) with a 2:1 in Law. He joined Hargreaves Lansdown in 1991, and worked initially on the investment helpdesk before moving to Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers in 1992 as a dealer. Andrew was appointed Director of Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers in 1998. He took over responsibility for all Vantage operations in 2003. Andrew was born in 1967.

Mark Dampier - Head of Research

Mark has a BA Honours in Law, as well as the Investment Management Asset Allocation Certificate and Financial Planning Certificates 1, 2, and 3. Mark began his career in financial services in 1983, working for a London brokerage. He joined Hargreaves Lansdown and the board of Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management in 1998 as research director. Mark was born in 1956.

Alexander Davies - Director HL Pensions Direct

Alex graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury with a 2:1 in Politics and International Relations. He joined Hargreaves Lansdown in 1999 to help expand Hargreaves Lansdown Pensions Direct. He holds Financial Planning Certificate 1, 2, and 3, and a Diploma in Direct and Interactive Marketing (credit) from the Institute of Direct Marketing. Alex joined the Board of Hargreaves Lansdown Pensions Direct in 2006. Alex was born in 1975.

Lee Gardhouse - Investment Director HL Fund Managers

Lee Graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a BA in Economics. Lee joined Hargreaves Lansdown as a trainee fund manager in 1995. Lee passed the Associate exams of the Institute of Investment Management and Research. He took responsibility for the Hargreaves Lansdown multi-manager fund range in 2001, and manages the Portfolio Management Service. He was appointed investment director of Hargreaves Lansdown Fund Managers in 2006. Lee was born in 1973.

Stuart Louden - Director Library Information Services Ltd

Stuart graduated with a BA (Hons) in Economics and joined Hargreaves Lansdown in 1994 as a trainee fund manager. Stuart passed the Associate exams of the Institute of Investment Management and Research. Stuart formed Funds Library in 2003 to provide data distribution services to Hargreaves Lansdown and other fund management groups. Stuart was born in 1971.