JJB Sports plc Board of Directors
Roger Lane Smith - Deputy Chairman
Roger Lane-Smith, aged 63, was appointed Non-executive Deputy Chairman on 2 January 2009, having served as JJB's Chairman since July 2005 and as a Non-executive Director since November 1998. He is currently a Non-executive Director of MS International plc, WH Ireland Group plc, Dolphin Capital Investors plc, Timpsons plc and a number of other private companies. He was previously Senior Partner and Chairman of DLA Piper UK LLP, the law firm, from 1998 to 2005 and was appointed a Senior Consultant to the practice in May 2005. He will not be seeking re-election at the Company's forthcoming AGM, having served as a Non-executive Director for over ten years, and will stand down from the Board at the conclusion of that meeting.