Group Executive Committee

Executive Vice President (age 48)

Appointed to the Board of BG Group as Chief Financial Officer in August 2002.

Skills and experience: Ashley joined British Gas plc in 1993 and has held a number of key management roles in BG Group, including Group Finance Director, seeing the Group through the de-merger of Lattice in 2000. He is a chartered accountant with a MBA from London Business School. Ashley was, until 2010, the chairman of the Hundred Group of Finance Directors.

Ashley Almanza stood down from the Board and left his role as Chief Financial Officer on 31 March 2011.

External appointments: Ashley is a non executive director of Schroders plc and a member of the Advisory Board for the Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford University.