Francis Gilbert KNIGHT, has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since February 2000. He is also Chairman of the audit committee. He was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Digital HK in March 2000. Mr. Knight is the Chairman and Managing Director of Asian Security and Investigation Services Limited. Mr. Knight has over 20 years' experience in the field of copyright protection, security and commercial investigations, and acts as security adviser to a number of major organisations. He is a member of the International Association of Police Chiefs, a member of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Society, and a fellow of each of the British Institute of Directors and the British Institute of Management. He is also a former President of the American Society for Industrial Security (Hong Kong Branch).