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26 The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC Annual Report 2008
Directors’ Report: Governance
Board of Directors and Group Advisors
Chief Executive Officer
Age 43. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Group since
1989. He is also responsible for new business development and
strategic initiatives. He is a Non-Executive Director of The Daily Mail
and General Trust PLC and Independent Media Distribution PLC.
He is also Chairman of The Prince’s Trust Trading Board and a
member of its Council. He was a Non-Executive Director of
HBOS PLC from February 2000 until April 2008.
Chief Financial Officer
Age 43. Chief Financial Officer of the Group since January 2000.
He is responsible for controlling the Group’s finance function, financial
reporting and procedures. He also manages the Group’s investor
relations and corporate finance function and is responsible for
corporate development and strategic initiatives. Following completion
of the proposed transaction between the Company and Best Buy Co.,
Inc. he will combine these duties with the role of Chief Executive Officer
of the Retail & Distribution business.
Chief Executive Officer, UK Fixed Line
Age 44. Joined the Group in November 2002 and appointed to the
Board in July 2005. He has previously been Managing Director of
Martin Dawes Telecommunications Limited which was sold to BT
Cellnet in 1999, and then Chief Executive Officer of Opal Telecom
which was acquired by The Carphone Warehouse in 2002. He is
now the Chief Executive Officer of the UK Fixed Line division,
responsible for planning and executing the Group’s fixed line
telecoms and broadband strategy. He is a Non-Executive Director
of The Cheshire Building Society.
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
Age 42. He was appointed Deputy Chairman in July 2005. Prior to
this, he was Chief Operating Officer between 1990 and 2003 with
responsibility for the strategic development of the Group’s activities in
mainland Europe. He is Chairman of National Express Group PLC and
Cosalt PLC, a Non-Executive Director of Big Yellow Group PLC, a
Board Member of the Olympic Lottery Distributor and a Trustee of the
National Portrait Gallery. He was a Non-Executive Director of Trinity
Mirror PLC until May 2007.
Non-Executive Director
Age 76. Joined the Board in January 2001 and is the Senior
Independent Director. A senior advisor to Morgan Stanley, he is also
a Non-Executive Director of ITV PLC, Singapore Airlines Limited and
Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited. He retired in 2001 from Lloyds TSB
Group PLC, where he was Chief Executive for 13 years and Chairman
for four years. He was also Chairman of NEXT PLC from 1998 to 2002
and a Non-Executive Director of Tomkins PLC from June 2000 to
June 2007.
Non-Executive Chairman
Age 63. Joined the Board in June 2000 and became Non-Executive
Chairman in July 2005. He was an Executive Director of Tesco PLC
until he retired in February 2004. He was Chairman of Gallaher Group
PLC until April 2007 and Chairman of EMI Group PLC until September
2007. Prior to this he was a Non-Executive Director of Vodafone
Group PLC from 1998 to 2000.
Chief Executive Officer, UK Retail & Distribution Business
Age 37. Appointed to the Board in April 2006. He joined the Group in
July 1995 as Strategy Manager, and became Commercial Director for
the UK in 1998. He was appointed to his current role in July 2001.
Non-Executive Director
Age 58. Joined the Board in November 2000. He is a Non-Executive
Director of M & C Saatchi PLC and an Independent Director and
Treasurer of The Disasters Emergency Committee. Previously he was
Chief Executive of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP until June 2008.
Prior to this he was UK Managing Partner of BDO Stoy Hayward and
Chairman of BDO’s International Policy Board.
Charles Dunstone
Andrew Harrison
Roger Taylor ACA
John Gildersleeve
David Ross ACA
David Goldie Sir Brian Pitman
Adrian Martin ACA