Richard John Ellert

RICHARD JOHN ELLERT is the Chief Executive Officer of NHP and was
responsible for both establishing the Company in March 1993 and for
developing its activities to date. He is responsible for all
operational aspects of the Group including its funding, its acquisition
strategy and the ongoing monitoring of the Group’s investments. Prior to
establishing NHP, he was principally involved in corporate finance
activities. He was Managing Director of Charles Stanley Corporate
Finance Limited from 1985 to 1989. He subsequently founded Sancroft
Corporate Services Limited to provide corporate advice to private
companies, their directors and shareholders. Richard Ellert is also
Chairman of Tom Hoskins plc, an AIM-listed brewery and pub group, and a
director of Athelney Trust plc, an AIM-listed investment trust.