Keith Skeoch, Chief Executive Officer

Keith Skeoch, Chief Executive of Standard Life Investments, has overall responsibility for all the company's operations within Standard Life Investments.

Keith joined Standard Life Investments from James Capel & Co (now HSBC Securities), where he was employed from 1980 to 1999. From his first role at James Capel as an International Economist, Keith went on to become Senior UK Economist in 1982 and Chief Economist two years later. In 1993 he was appointed Director of Economics and Strategy and in 1998 was given the responsibilities of Managing Director International Equities.

During the past 14 years, Keith has made numerous media appearances and written many newspaper articles. He has acted as an academic advisor to the CBI and several parliamentary committees. Keith was also a trustee of the James Capel Pension funds and sat on the investment committee of those funds. Keith graduated in Economics (BA Hons) from University in Sussex in 1978 and completed an MA (Economics) at University of Warwick in 1979.

Alex Watt, Managing Director, Property Investments

As Managing Director, Property Investments, Alex Watt oversees and directs company activities with specific responsibility for Standard Life Investments' property investment and development portfolios.

Alex joined Standard Life as Senior Surveyor in 1982. He was promoted to Assistant Property Investment Manager in 1983 and Property Investment Manager in 1988. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

William Littleboy, Operations Director

William Littleboy joined Standard Life Investments in 2001 taking up the position of Operations Director. He joined us from Pareto Partners (a specialist quantitative asset manager) in London where he was Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, he had been with Citibank since 1982, initially joining in London, going on to lead their business with the Investment Management industry in UK/Europe. In 1991 he was appointed Citibank's Regional Manager for Scotland & North Britain. He then moved to Frankfurt in 1994 where he was first appointed Regional Business Manager and subsequently Chief Operating Officer. William holds an MA Mathematics from St. John's College, Cambridge.

David Cumming, Head of UK Equities

David began his career with Royal London Mutual before moving on to hold positions with Edinburgh Fund Managers, Manufacturers Life Insurance and Morgan Grenfell, where he was a Director. He joined Standard Life Investments in 1998 as Investment Director responsible for corporate pooled pension funds, UK Equity portfolio and a number of segregated clients. Following his appointment as Head of UK Equities in March 2000, David continues to manage pooled and segregated UK equity fund portfolios as well as managing the UK equity investments for the UK Life Fund.

David was appointed to the Board of Standard Life Investments as Executive Director in June 2004. He has an MA (Hons) degree in Economics and Accounting from Edinburgh University and is an Associate of the Society of Investment Analysts.

Rod Paris, Head of Investments

Rod Paris joined Standard Life Investments as Head of Global Fixed Income in May 2002 and was appointed to the board of directors in June 2004. He was previously Managing Director and Head of the Global Fixed Income team at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Prior to that, Rod was a director of Mercury Asset Management, and also worked with Warburg Asset Management and Chase Manhattan Bank. He holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Keble College, Oxford.

Mark Connolly, Executive Director, Distribution and Client Service

Mark Connolly joined Standard Life Investments in May 2005 as Executive Director, Distribution and Client Service with overall responsibility for coordinating all of Standard Life Investments’ sales, marketing and business development activity. Mark joined Chemical Bank International Investment Services as the Head of Fixed Income and Currency Team in 1980. In 1986 he joined Rothschild Asset Management as Director, Global Fixed Income and Currency Group. He was given the responsibility of Head of Business Management in 1994, and then in 1999 was appointed Managing Director, Global Head of Institutional Business. Mark moved to Insight Investment Management in 2003 where was selected as Managing Director, Global Head of Institutional Business before joining Deutsche Asset Management in 2004, taking on the responsibilities of Managing Director, Head of European & Middle East Institutional Business.

Roger Renaud, President, Standard Life Investments Inc. (Canada)

Roger began his financial career as an Actuarial Assistant with Sun Life of Canada in 1982. After lecturing on the Montreal Stock Exchange for ten years, he joined Scotia McLeod as an Investment Executive. In 1989, Roger joined First Marathon as Vice President, before joining Standard Life Investments Inc. in 1991. In 1995, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, before taking on his current position as President at the close of 2005.