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Board of Directors

Alex Walker, Chairman

Alex WalkerAlex Walker was appointed to the Board on 22 December 2006 and was appointed Chairman of the Company on 4 March 2010, having previously served as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He was chief executive of Yule Catto & Co. plc until 17 August 2006 and, until 23 April 2010 was a non-executive director, chairman of the remuneration committee and member of the audit and nomination committees of Rotork plc. From 1 July 2011, he serves as a non-executive director of Zotefoams plc.

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Bill Burns, Chief Executive Officer

Bill BurnsBill Burns was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 6 November 2008, having previously led the Group’s Communications division. He is responsible for overall leadership, strategy, investments, coordination of resources and leveraging Spirent’s breadth and depth of technology across all of Spirent’s business units.

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Eric Hutchinson, Chief Financial Officer

Eric HutchinsonEric Hutchinson was appointed Finance Director on 1 January 2000, having previously been responsible for all financial reporting and control within the Group. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, and a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel.

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Non-Executive Directors

Ian Brindle, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Ian BrindleIan Brindle was appointed to the Board on 22 December 2006 and is the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. He was previously UK chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers and deputy chairman of the Financial Reporting Review Panel. He serves as non-executive chairman of Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) A Limited and as a non-executive director on the boards of F&C Asset Management plc, 4imprint Group plc and Elementis plc.

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Duncan Lewis, Independent Non-Executive Director

Duncan LewisDuncan Lewis was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2007. He was chief executive officer of Vislink plc until 31 March 2011, when he stepped down after completing its restructuring. Until October 2008 he was senior adviser to The Carlyle Group, assisting them in developing strategy and identifying investments in the telecommunications and media sectors worldwide.

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Tom Maxwell, Independent Non-Executive Director

Tom MaxwellTom Maxwell was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2007 and is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Until September 2007, he was investment director and head of the UK Growth & Income Product Group at Martin Currie Investment Management in Edinburgh. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland and a Member of the Society of Investment Professionals & CFA Institute.

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