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Simon Fraser, Non-executive Directorb (52)
Skills and experience: Simon joined the Board in March 2009 as a
non-executive Director. Simon has extensive experience of the fund
management industry, having started his career at Fidelity International
where he spent 27 years. During this time, Simon was President of the
Investment Solutions Group and President of the Retirement Institute.
Simon held a number of other positions during his time at Fidelity
International, including President, European & UK Institutional Business,
Global Chief Investment Officer, Chief Investment Officer for Asia Pacific
and Chief Investment Officer of the European Investment Group.
Other principal external appointments: Director of Fidelity European
Values PLC since July 2002; Director of Fidelity Japanese Values PLC
since May 2000; Chairman of The Merchants Trust PLC since May 2010;
Chairman of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC since May 2010;
Non-executive Director of Ashmore Group Plc since February 2012.
Committee membership: Member of the Board Audit Committee
since May 2009; Member of the Board Remuneration Committee since
May 2009.
Reuben Jeffery III, Non-executive Directorb (58)
Skills and experience: Reuben joined the Board in July 2009 as a
non-executive Director. Having held high profile roles in both the public
and private financial services sectors, Reuben has been CEO of Rockefeller
& Co., Inc. since 2010 and has a broad range of banking and government
experience. Reuben is a Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic &
International Studies in Washington, D.C., having previously served in the
US government as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and
Agricultural Affairs (2007- 2009). Prior to this, Reuben was the Chairman
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Reuben has a strong
investment banking background, having spent eighteen years at Goldman,
Sachs & Co. between 1983-2001 where he was managing partner of
Goldman Sachs in Paris and led the firm’s European Financial Institutions
Group in London. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Reuben was a lawyer
with the New York firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Other principal external appointments: Member of the Advisory Board
of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory
Commission; Member of the Advisory Board of TASC Inc.; Member of the
Advisory Board of TowerBrook Capital Partners LP.
Committee membership: Member of the Board Risk Committee since
January 2010.
Chris Lucas, Group Finance Director; Executive Director (51)
Skills and experience: Chris was appointed Group Finance Director and
became a member of the Executive Committee in April 2007. Chris is
responsible for a number of Group functions including Finance, Investor
Relations, Treasury, Tax, Corporate Development and Corporate
Secretariat. Chris joined Barclays from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where
he was UK Head of Financial Services and Global Head of Banking and
Capital Markets. Chris has an extensive finance and accounting
background, having spent most of his career working across financial
services, including three years in New York as Head of the US Banking
Audit Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He was Global Relationship
Partner for Barclays for the 1999–2004 financial years and subsequently
held similar roles for other global financial services organisations.
Other principal external appointments: none held
Sir Andrew Likierman, Non-executive Directorb (68)
Skills and experience: Sir Andrew joined the Board in September 2004
as a non-executive Director. Sir Andrew has wide ranging experience
within both public and private sectors and academia. He is currently Dean
of the London Business School and Chairman of the National Audit Office.
Sir Andrew has held a number of high-profile roles, including 10 years
spent as Managing Director, Financial Management, Reporting and Audit
and Head of the Government Accountancy Service at HM Treasury. Sir
Andrew also has a wealth of non-executive experience that includes
serving as a non-executive Director of the Bank of England. In his
professional capacity, Andrew has held the presidency of the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants, served as a member of the
Financial Reporting Council for several years and was a member of the
“Cadbury Committee” on UK Corporate Governance.
Other principal external appointments: Trustee of the Institute for
Government since September 2008; Chairman of Applied Intellectual
Capital Inc. (2006-2008); Non-executive Director of the Bank of England
(2004-2008); Non-executive Director and Vice-Chairman of the Tavistock
and Portman NHS Trust (2004-2008).
Committee membership: Member of the Board Audit Committee
since September 2004; Member of the Board Risk Committee since
September 2004.
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b Independent non-executive Director.
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