aged 64 holds a BSc in Estate Management from the University of London and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He was previously chief executive of Prowting plc, a UK house builder, which he led to flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 1988. The company was subsequently purchased by Westbury plc in June 2002 for £140m. Since 1998, Mr Roydon has been a consultant and member of the board of Dom Development S.A., a major quoted Polish residential developer, together with a number of non-executive and consultancy positions in the UK and continental house building companies, including holding non-executive board positions with AIM quoted Engel East Europe N.V., Country & Metropolitan plc (until 2005), Gladedale Holdings plc (until March 2007) and McCann Homes Holdings Limited (until May 2011). From 1995 to 1997 he was President of the European Union of House Builders and Developers.

aged 60 was the founding shareholder and chief executive of Country & Metropolitan plc, which floated on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in December 1999 with a market capitalisation of £6.9m. He directed the growth of Country & Metropolitan plc until its disposal in April 2005 to Gladedale Holdings plc for approximately £72m. Mr Wicks has worked in the construction and house building sector all of his working life and has extensive knowledge of local and national policies on both greenfield and brownfield sites.

aged 53 qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 with KPMG and specialised in advising owner managed businesses. He left KPMG in 1989 to set up a consultancy firm which later merged with an audit practice where he was the partner responsible for the affairs of Country & Metropolitan plc. Mr Malde joined Country & Metropolitan plc as finance director and company secretary in 1998. He was actively involved in the preparation for the flotation of Country & Metropolitan plc in December 1999 and its further development until it was acquired by Gladedale Holdings plc in April 2005. Mr Malde is also on the board of Energiser Investments plc, an AIM listed company.

aged 53 has over 25 years' investment banking experience in the City. Mr Bennett qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Saffery Champness in 1981. In 1982 he joined stockbrokers Scrimgeour Kemp Gee which was subsequently acquired by Citicorp in 1986. Thereafter, Mr Bennett was instrumental in establishing the mid and small cap advisory business of Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers which was focused on fast growing mid and small cap companies. In June 1990, Mr Bennett joined Credit Lyonnais Securities and, following the defection of a team to a rival company, became head of corporate finance and head of the mid and small caps team in June 2000.

In June 2004, Mr Bennett left Credit Lyonnais, following its acquisition by Credit Agricole, and established Incremental Capital LLP to provide corporate finance advice to mid and small cap companies. In the latter part of 2005, Mr Bennett joined Baker Tilly as managing director of Baker Tilly and Co. Limited. He left the practice to concentrate full time on growing Citicourt & Co. Limited, an independent corporate finance advisory business, where he was the managing director and the majority shareholder. In late 2007 Mr Bennett joined Fairfax IS plc the independent investment bank as head of corporate broking. Mr Bennett is also non-executive chairman of Energiser Investments plc and a number of other private companies.

aged 35 has been involved in the housing sector all of his working life, acquiring and master planning brownfield sites at Country & Metropolitan plc for ten years during which time he was promoted to Land Director of its Southern Region. Mr Brett joined the Inland Group in August 2005. He has extensive experience in identifying brownfield land and the necessary knowledge of the complexities of the planning system.