It is clear to me that the Chairman has failed to mentor and challenge the CEO appropriately. Further, as member of the compensation committee, Mr. Allen has failed to hold executives to account for their disproportionate remuneration demands, poor execution and poor cost controls. Meanwhile, Chairman Allen collects over $280K a year in Director fees from Abcam. Sally Crawford and Michael Baldock are u nfit for c ontinued Board s ervice Sally Crawford is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She is responsible for "Moving the Goalposts" whereby compensation performance metrics are continually altered or dropped, and reporting metrics are inconsistent. There is a lack of transparency and benchmarking for compensation targets. Michael Baldock is an Executive Director and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).