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17National Grid plc Annual Review 2008/09
02 Board of Directors
Philip Aiken, Helen Mahy and Bob Catell
Stephen Pettit, Linda Adamany and Ken Harvey Maria Richter and Mark Fairbairn
Tom King and John Allan
Ken Harvey, Non-executive Director
and Senior Independent Director
Appointed October 2002, Age 68, N, R, R&R
Ken Harvey joined the Board following the merger of National Grid Group plc
and Lattice Group plc, having been appointed to the Lattice Group plc board
in September 2000. He was appointed Senior Independent Director in October
2004. He is Chairman of Pennon Group plc. A chartered engineer, Ken is a
former Chairman and Chief Executive of Norweb plc, and a former Chairman
of Comax Holdings Ltd, The Intercare Group plc and Beaufort International
Group plc.
Linda Adamany, Non-executive Director
Appointed November 2006, Age 57, A, R&R
Linda Adamany joined the Board in November 2006. Until April 2008 she
was Group Vice President, BP plc. Linda has over 25 years’ experience in
the energy sector, having held various roles for BP in the UK and US, including
Chief Executive of BP Shipping and Group Vice President and Commercial
Director, BP Refining & Marketing.
Philip Aiken, Non-executive Director
Appointed 15 May 2008, Age 60, A, R&R
Philip Aiken joined the Board in May 2008. He is Chairman of Robert Walters plc,
a Non-executive and Senior Independent Director of Kazakhmys plc and senior
advisor to Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited. Philip was previously Group
President of BHP Billiton’s Energy business, an Executive Director of BTR plc
and held senior positions in BOC Group plc.
John Allan, Non-executive Director
Appointed May 2005, Age 60, F, R (ch)
John Allan joined the Board in May 2005. He retires as CFO of Deutsche Post
on 30 June 2009, having been appointed to the Management Board following
its acquisition of Exel plc in December 2005 where he had been Chief Executive
since September 1994. He is Non-executive Director of ISS and will become
Chairman of DSG International plc on 2 September 2009. John started his
career in marketing, at Lever Brothers, moving to Bristol-Myers Company Ltd
and then Fine Fare Ltd. He joined BET plc in 1985 and was appointed to the
board in 1987. He is a member of the supervisory boards of both Lufthansa AG
and Deutsche Postbank and a member of the University of Edinburgh Campaign
Board. John was previously Chairman of Samsonite Corporation and a
Non-executive Director of PHS Group plc, Wolseley plc, Hamleys plc and
Connell plc.
Stephen Pettit, Non-executive Director
Appointed October 2002, Age 57, F, R, R&R (ch)
Stephen Pettit was appointed to the Board following the merger of National Grid
Group plc and Lattice Group plc, having been appointed to the Lattice Group plc
board in 2001. He is a Non-executive Director of Halma plc and is Chairman
of ROK plc. Stephen is also a member of BT plc’s Equality of Access Board.
He is a former Executive Director of Cable & Wireless plc. Before joining Cable
& Wireless, he was Chief Executive, Petrochemicals at British Petroleum.
Maria Richter, Non-executive Director
Appointed October 2002, Age 54, A, F (ch), N
Maria Richter was appointed to the Board in October 2003. Maria worked for
Morgan Stanley between 1993 and 2002, most recently as Managing Director
of its Corporate Finance Retail Group. Prior to this, she was Managing Director
of Investment Banking in the Southern Cone of Latin America, and Executive
Director and Head of Independent Power and Structured Finance Business.
Previous appointments include Vice President of Independent Power Group
for Salomon Brothers, and Vice President of Prudential Capital Corporation and
Power Funding Associates. Maria is a Non-executive Director of Pro Mujer
International, an international microfinance organisation, The Pantry, Inc.,
The Vitec Group plc and The Bessemer Group Inc.
George Rose, Non-executive Director
Appointed October 2002, Age 57, A (ch), N, R
George Rose was appointed to the Board following the merger of National Grid
Group plc and Lattice Group plc, having been appointed to the Lattice Group plc
board in September 2000. He has been Finance Director of BAE Systems plc
since 1998, having joined the company in 1992. He is a Non-executive Director
of SAAB AB and a member of the Industrial Development Advisory Board.
George is also a former Non-executive Director of Orange plc.
Helen Mahy, Company Secretary & General Counsel
Appointed October 2002, Age 48, E
Helen Mahy was appointed Company Secretary following the merger
of National Grid Group plc and Lattice Group plc, having been Company
Secretary at Lattice Group plc since March 2002. She was additionally
appointed as General Counsel from October 2003. She is a barrister and
an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Helen was appointed
a Non-executive Director of Aga Rangemaster Group plc in March 2003.
Committee membership
A Audit
E Executive
F Finance
N Nominations
R Remuneration
R&R Risk & Responsibility
(ch) denotes Committee chairman