Advisory board:
Raghnall Craighead (Chairman)
Raghnall Craighead qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross before joining British Gas where he rose to become head of the national computer audit team. He then took over responsibility for the development of financial computer systems for the corporation.
He entered Investor Relations shortly after the denationalisation of British Gas in 1986 and stayed until the demerger of Centrica. In 1997 he moved to Woolwich for its demutualization and flotation in that year. In 2001 he moved to Barclays for eighteen months following its agreed acquisition of Woolwich. He is currently Head of Investor Relations in Europe for the National Australia Bank.
He has been a member of the Investor Relations Society since 1991 and was made a fellow of the Society in 1999. He is currently a director of the Society and Chairman of the IRS Examination Board.
Siobhan Turner
Born and educated in Winnipeg, Canada, Siobhan moved to England in 1990. She trained and qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young, eventually joining their corporate finance team. She joined Hambros' Corporate Finance team in 1995, before joining Greenalls plc as Director of Investor Relations in 1998. She worked in Investor Relations for Greenalls and then EMI until 2003. In 2004, to her delight and her bank manager's dismay, she became Executive Director of the Institute of Masters of Wine. She enjoys wine, riding, swimming, theatre, and far too much good food.
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Colin Edge
Colin Edge is an independent consultant. Previously he was Marketing Director at Majedie Investments PLC, and a founding partner of Javelin Capital LLP, which is majority owned by Majedie Investments. Colin has a background of 25 years working with open and closed ended fund structures with several leading institutions. He specialises in business and product development, distribution and relationship management in the institutional and high-end retail market. Mr. Edge was previously Marketing Director of Close Finsbury Asset Management Ltd, director of Close Finsbury Global Investment Funds plc, and held senior positions at Singer & Friedlander and Morgan Grenfell.
