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52 Experian Annual Report 2012 Governance
Board of directors
Sir John Peace (63)
Chairman
Sir John Peace is also Chairman of Burberry Group plc and Standard Chartered PLC. From 2000 until 2006,
he was Group Chief Executive of the former GUS plc, having been a director of GUS since 1997. John was
appointed to the Board on 6 July 2006.
Sir Alan Rudge (74)
Deputy Chairman
Sir Alan Rudge is Chairman of The ERA Foundation Limited and of the Board of Management of the Royal
Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. He is Experian’s Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the
Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. Sir Alan was Pro Chancellor of Surrey University until
December 2007, a non-executive director of the former GUS plc until October 2006, President of CELTEL
International B.V. and a non-executive director of S.E.S.A. AG until March 2005, Special Advisor to General
Atlantic Partners until 2004, Chairman of ERA Technology until October 2003, Chairman of WS Atkins until
March 2001 and Deputy Chief Executive of BT until November 1997. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering
and is a fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering, a past chairman of the Engineering
and Physical Sciences Research Council and a past president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
Sir Alan was appointed to the Board on 6 September 2006.
Don Robert (52)
Chief Executive Officer
Don Robert was appointed Chief Executive Officer in February 2005, with responsibility for Experian globally.
He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Experian North America, having joined Experian from The First
American Corporation in 2001. From 1995 to 2001, he held positions with First American and, before that, served
as President at Credco, Inc., the largest specialist credit reporting company in the USA, which was acquired by
The First American Corporation in 1995. Don began his career with US Bancorp, a multi-state bank holding
company, where he held positions of increasing responsibility over 15 years. He graduated from Oregon State
University with a degree in Business Administration. Don is a non-executive director of Compass Group PLC, a
director and trustee of the National Education and Employer Partnership Taskforce, a trustee of Sage Hill School,
California, a past director of the former GUS plc and a past chairman of the Consumer Data Industry Association.
Don was appointed to the Board on 6 July 2006.
Chris Callero (60)
President and Chief Operating Officer
Chris Callero was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Experian in April 2008. He previously served
as Chief Executive Officer of Experian Americas, having joined Experian in 2002. Prior to joining Experian, Chris
spent 27 years at Bank of America, where his roles included Group Executive Vice President in retail banking.
He also served as Chief Operating Officer at Wink Communications, a leading interactive television company at
the time. Chris is a member of the Chancellor’s Chief Executive Roundtable at the University of California, Irvine.
He also serves in an advisory capacity for the Paul Merage School of Business, as well as the Bren School of
Information and Computer Sciences, and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Segerstrom Center for the
Arts. Chris was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2009.
Brian Cassin (44)
Chief Financial Officer
Brian Cassin joined Experian in April 2012 as Chief Financial Officer, bringing 20 years of experience in the
corporate financial advisory sector. He was previously at Greenhill & Co., which he joined in 1998 as a founding
member of the European business, becoming Managing Director in 2002 and Co-Head of the European business in
2010. Prior to this, Brian worked with Baring Brothers International in London and in New York. He began his career
at the London Stock Exchange, having graduated from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, with first class
honours in Business Studies. Brian was appointed to the Board on 30 April 2012.
Fabiola Arredondo (45)
Non-executive director
Fabiola Arredondo is the Managing Partner of Siempre Holdings, a private investment firm based in the USA, and
a non-executive director of Rodale, Inc., the World Wildlife Fund and Sesame Workshop. Previously, she held senior
operating positions at Yahoo!, the BBC and Bertelsmann AG and non-executive directorships of Bankinter S.A.,
BOC Group plc and Intelsat Corporation. Fabiola has a BA degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the
Harvard Business School. Fabiola was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2007.