John Devaney, Chairman (64)

Appointment to Board

2 April 2009

Committee Membership(s)

Safety and Environment Committee, Nomination Committee (Chairman)

Expertise

John Devaney has managed businesses across Europe, the UK, Canada, USA and Japan. His previous roles include Chairman of Kelsey Hayes (part of Varity Corporation), Eastern Group, Exel and Telent and Non- Executive Director of HSBC Bank Plc, Ocean Group and British Steel. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Cobham Plc and Chairman of National Air Traffic Services Ltd and Tersus Energy Plc.

Dean Finch, Group Chief Executive (44)

Appointment to Board

15 February 2010

Committee Membership(s)

None

Expertise

Prior to joining National Express, Dean Finch was Group Chief Executive of Tube Lines from June 2009. Before that he worked for over 10 years in senior roles within FirstGroup plc. He joined FirstGroup in 1999 having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, where he worked for 12 years specialising in Corporate Transaction Support Services, including working for the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising on the privatisation of train operating companies. At FirstGroup, he was Managing Director of the Rail Division from 2000-2004 and then was appointed to the main board as Group Commercial Director in 2004, before being made Group Finance Director. With the completion of the Laidlaw acquisition he became Chief Operating Officer in North America before returning to the UK as Group Chief Operating Officer.

Jez Maiden, Group Finance Director (49)

Appointment to Board

17 November 2008

Committee Membership(s)

None

Expertise

Jez Maiden was formerly Chief Finance Officer at Northern Foods plc. Prior to that, he was Group Finance Director of British Vita plc, Director of Finance of Britannia Building Society and Group Finance Director of Hickson International plc. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Yule Catto & Co plc and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Tim Score, Senior Independent Director (50)

Appointment to Board

21 February 2005

Committee Membership(s)

Safety and Environment Committee, Remuneration Committee, Audit Committee (Chairman)

Expertise

Tim Score was appointed to the Board in February 2005 and acted as Interim Chairman between December 2008 and April 2009. He is Chief Financial Officer at ARM Holdings plc. Before joining ARM he worked as Finance Director of Rebus Group Limited which he joined in 1999. Between 1997 and 1999, he was Group Finance Director of William Baird plc, which he joined from LucasVarity plc. He is a chartered accountant.

Jorge Cosmen, Deputy Chairman (42)

Appointment to Board

1 December 2005

Committee Membership(s)

Safety and Environment Committee, Nomination Committee

Expertise

Jorge Cosmen was appointed to the Board in December 2005 at the time of the ALSA transaction. He was appointed Deputy Chairman in October 2008. He was Corporate Manager for the ALSA Group from 1995, becoming Chairman in 1999. Between 1986 and 1995, he worked in sales, distribution and banking. He is a Business Administration graduate and has an International MBA from the Instituto de Empresa in Madrid.

Roger Devlin, Non-Executive Director (53)

Appointment to Board

1 October 2007

Committee Membership(s)

Safety and Environment Committee, Remuneration Committee (Chairman), Audit Committee

Expertise

Roger Devlin spent 13 years as a Director of Hill Samuel where he was head of Mergers and Acquisitions and Chief Executive of their US investment banking operations. He then moved to Ladbrokes, later Hilton PLC, as Group Corporate Development Director. He now chairs three substantial private companies, Principal Hotels, Gamesys and Satellite Information Services. He is also Senior Independent Director of RPS Group Plc, Europe’s leading environmental consultancy.

Miranda Curtis, Non-Executive Director (55)

Appointment to Board

1 June 2008

Committee Membership(s)

Safety and Environment Committee (Chairman), Remuneration Committee

Expertise

Miranda Curtis is a Non-Executive Director of Liberty Global Inc (Denver, Colorado) having retired from her executive role as President of Liberty Global Japan and Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM) in Tokyo after leading the sale of Liberty’s Japanese interests in February 2010. She has also served on the boards of Liberty subsidiaries in Singapore, Ireland, France and Spain. She is a Trustee and member of the Board of Governors of the Institute for Government and a Director of Garsington Opera. Between 1998 and 2002 she was a Non-Executive Director of Telewest Communications plc and between 1998 and 2000 a Non-Executive Director of Flextech plc.

Sir Andrew Foster, Non-Executive Director (66)

Appointment to Board

1 August 2004

Committee Membership(s)

Safety and Environment Committee, Nomination Committee, Audit Committee

Expertise

Sir Andrew has had an extensive career in the public sector, having served as Chief Executive of the Audit Commission for England and Wales between 1992 and 2003. Before this, he was Deputy Chief Executive of the NHS and Regional CEO for Yorkshire. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada Europe Limited and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games England. He is also Non-Executive Director at PruHealth. Sir Andrew has conducted independent reviews for the government into the Intercity Express Project, the Building Colleges for the Future programme, and previously into further education and the future of athletics.

Tony McDonald, Company Secretary (50)

Tony McDonald was appointed Company Secretary in May 2000. Prior to joining the Group, he held senior legal positions with the in- house legal teams at Guardian Royal Exchange and BP and in private practice with Slaughter and May. He is a qualified solicitor.