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7. Anne Lauvergeon§, aged 49, joined the Board in November 2005. She is Chief
Executive Officer of AREVA Group, the leading French energy company, having been
appointed to that role in July 2001. She started her professional career in 1983 in the
steel industr y and in 1990 she was named Adviser for Economic International Affairs
at the French Presidency and Deputy Chief of its Staff in 1991. In 1995, she became
a Partner of Lazard Frères & Cie, subsequently joining Alcatel Telecom as Senior
Executive Vice President in March 1997. She was responsible for international
activities and the Group’s industrial shareholdings in the energy and nuclear fields.
In 1999, she was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AREVA NC. Anne
is currently also a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Business Coalition on
HIV/AIDS and a non-executive director of Total S.A. and GDF SUEZ.
8. Simon Murray CBE‡, aged 69, joined the Board in July 2007. His career has been
largely based in Asia, where he has held positions with Jardine Matheson Limited,
Deutsche Bank and Hutchison Whampoa Limited where, as Group Managing Director,
he oversaw the development and launch of mobile telecommunications networks
in many parts of the world. He remains on the Boards of Cheung Kong Holdings
Limited, Compagnie Financière Richemont SA and Orient Overseas (International)
Limited and is an Advisory Board Member of the China National Offshore Oil
Corporation. He also sits on the Advisory Board of Imperial College in London and is
an advisor to Macquarie (HK) Limited.
9. Luc Vandevelde†‡, aged 58, joined the Board in September 2003 and is Chairman
of the Remuneration Committee. He is a director of Société Générale and the Founder
and Managing Director of Change Capital Partners LLP, a private equity fund. Luc was
formerly Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Carrefour SA, Chairman of Marks &
Spencer Group plc and Chief Executive Officer of Promodès, and he has held senior
European and international roles with Kraft General Foods.
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† Nominations and Governance Committee
‡ Remuneration Committee
10. Anthony Watson CBE‡, aged 64, was appointed to the Board in May 2006. He
is currently Chairman of Marks & Spencer Pension Trust Ltd and the Asian
Infrastructure Fund. He is also a non-executive director of Hammerson plc, Witan
Investment Trust and Lloyds Banking Group plc and is on the Advisory Board of
Norges Bank Investment Management. He became a member of the Advisory Group
to the Shareholder Executive in April 2008. Prior to joining the Vodafone Board, he
was Chief Executive of Hermes Pensions Management Limited, a position he had held
since 2002. Previously he was Hermes’ Chief Investment Officer, having been
Managing Director of AMP Asset Management plc and the Chief International
Investment Officer of Citicorp Investment Management from 1991 until joining
Hermes in 1998. Tony was Chairman of The Strategic Investment Board in Northern
Ireland but retired in March 2009. In January 2009, Tony was awarded a CBE for his
services to the economic redevelopment of Northern Ireland.
11. Philip Yea‡, aged 54, became a member of the Board in September 2005. From
July 2004 until January 2009, he was Chief Executive Officer of 3i Group plc. Prior to
joining 3i, he was Managing Director of Investcorp and, from 1997 to 1999, Group
Finance Director of Diageo plc following the merger of Guinness plc, where he was
Finance Director, and Grand Metropolitan plc. He has previously held non-executive
roles at HBOS plc and Manchester United plc. He is the Chairman of the trustees of
the British Heart Foundation.