Meet our Board of Directors

Rex Adams became chairman of the company on April 27, 2006. He has served as a non-executive director of our company since November 2001 and as chairman of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee since January 2007. Mr. Adams was dean of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University from 1996 to 2001 following a 30-year career with Mobil Corporation. He joined Mobil International in London in 1965 and served as vice president of administration for Mobil Corporation from 1988 to 1996. Mr. Adams received a B.A. magna cum laude from Duke University. He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1962 and studied at Merton College, Oxford University. Mr. Adams serves on the Board of Directors of Alleghany Corporation and formerly served as chairman of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and a trustee of Duke University.

Sir John Banham has served as a non-executive director of our company since 1999 and as chairman of the Compensation Committee since January 2007. Sir John was director general of the Confederation of British Industry from 1987 to 1992, a director of National Power and National Westminster Bank from 1992 to 1998, chairman of Tarmac PLC from 1994 to 2000, chairman of Kingfisher PLC from 1995 to 2001, chairman of Whitbread PLC from 2000 to 2005 and chairman of Geest plc from 2002 to 2005. He is currently the chairman of Johnson Matthey plc and Spacelabs Healthcare Inc. Sir John is a graduate of Cambridge University and has been awarded honorary doctorates by four leading U.K. universities.

Joseph Canion has served as a non-executive director of our company since 1997 and was a director of Invesco Aim from 1993 to 1997, when Invesco acquired AIM Investments, which is now a part of Invesco Aim. Mr. Canion has been a leading figure in the technology industry after co-founding Compaq Computer Corporation in 1982 and serving as its chief executive officer from 1982 to 1991. He also founded Insource Technology Group in 1992 and served as its chairman until September 2006. Mr. Canion received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Houston. He is chairman of Questia Media, Inc. and is on the board of directors of Physicians Capital Group, ChaCha Search, Inc., Auditude and the Houston Technology Center.

Martin L. Flanagan is president and chief executive officer of Invesco, a position he has held since August 2005. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Invesco and a trustee of the AIM Family of Funds. Mr. Flanagan joined Invesco from Franklin Resources, Inc., where he was president and co-chief executive officer from January 2004 to July 2005. Previously he had been Franklin's co-president from May 2003 to January 2004, chief operating officer and chief financial officer from November 1999 to May 2003, and senior vice president and chief financial officer from 1993 until November 1999. Mr. Flanagan served as director, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger, Ltd. before its acquisition by Franklin in 1992. Before joining Templeton in 1983, he worked with Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Flanagan received a B.A. and BBA from Southern Methodist University (SMU). He is a CFA charter holder and a certified public accountant. He is vice chairman of the Investment Company Institute. He also serves as a member of the executive board at the SMU Cox School of Business and a member of the Board of Councilors of the Carter Center in Atlanta.

Ben Johnson has served as a non-executive director of our company since January 2009. Mr. Johnson served as the managing partner at Alston & Bird LLP from 1997 – 2008. He was named a partner at Alston & Bird in 1976 having joined the firm in 1971. He received his B.A. degree from Emory University and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. He serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Emory University, Atlanta’s Woodward Academy and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and serves as a board member of Atlanta’s Midtown Alliance and the Metro Atlanta YMCA and as a Trustee of The Carter Center and the Charles Loridans Foundation.

Denis Kessler has served as a non-executive director of our company since March 2002. A noted economist, Mr. Kessler is chairman and chief executive officer of SCOR SE. He is chairman of the Boards of Directors of SCOR GLOBAL LIFE SE, SCOR GLOBAL P&C SE, SCOR Global Life US Re Insurance Company, SCOR HOLDING (SWITZERLAND) AG, SCOR Reinsurance Company, SCOR US Corporation and serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of Dexia SA, BNP Paribas SA, Bollore, Dassault Aviation and SCOR Canada Reinsurance Company. Mr. Kessler received a diplôme from the Paris Business School (HEC) and Doctorat d'Etat in economics from the University of Paris.

Edward Lawrence has served as a non-executive director of our company since October 2004. He was a partner of Ropes & Gray, a Boston law firm, from 1976 to December 2007. He currently is senior counsel at Ropes & Gray and a member of the investment committee of the firm’s trust department. Mr. Lawrence is a graduate of Harvard College and earned a J.D. from Columbia University Law School. He is a trustee (and former chairman) of the Board of the Massachusetts General Hospital and is a trustee of McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.

Thomas Presby has served as a non-executive director of our company since November 2005 and as chairman of the Audit Committee since April 2006. Over a period of thirty years as a partner in Deloitte, he held many positions in the United States and abroad, including Global Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer. Currently he is a director of the following other public companies where he also chairs the audit committees: American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., First Solar, Inc., Tiffany & Co. and World Fuel Services Corp. He is also a board member of the New York chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He previously served as a trustee of Rutgers University and as a director and chairman of the audit committee of The German Marshall Fund of the USA. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rutgers University and an MBA degree from the Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School of Business. Mr. Presby is a certified public accountant in New York and Ohio and a holder of the NACD Certificate of Director Education.

James Robertson has served as a member of the Board of Directors of our company since April 2004. He is currently the head of Invesco Perpetual with responsibility for Continental Europe. He was head of Operations and Technology from 2006 to September 2008. He was chief financial officer from April 2004 to October 2005. Mr. Robertson joined our company as director of finance and corporate development for Invesco's Global division in 1993 and repeated this role for the Pacific division in 1995. Mr. Robertson became managing director of global strategic planning in 1996 and served as chief executive officer of AMVESCAP Group Services, Inc. from 2001 to 2005. He holds an M.A. from Cambridge University and is a Chartered Accountant.

Ms. Wood became a Board member in January 2010 and is currently a principal at CompaniesWood and most recently served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation. Ms. Wood will also join the Audit, Compensation and the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committees. Prior to her tenure at Brown-Forman from 2001 to 2008, Ms. Wood was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Propel Corporation, a subsidiary of Motorola, from 2000-2001. During her career at Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) from 1976-2000, Ms. Wood served in various capacities, the latest as Vice President of Finance, Planning and Control for ARCO Alaska. Ms. Wood currently serves on the Board of Directors of Leggett & Platt and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Smith College, the University of Louisville and the American Printing House for the Blind. Ms. Wood received her AB degree cum laude from Smith College and earned an M.B.A. from the University of California Los Angeles.