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audit team and implemented controls in the Group’s application systems. He is also
a non-executive director of Experian Group plc and MacDonald Dettwiler and
Associates Ltd. in Canada.
8. Samuel Jonah‡, aged 60, was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2009. He is Executive
Chairman of Jonah Capital (Pty) Limited, an investment holding company in South Africa
and serves on the boards of various public and private companies including The
Standard Bank Group. He previously worked for Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited,
becoming Chief Executive Officer in 1986, and was formerly Executive President of
AngloGold Ashanti Limited, a director of Lonmin Plc and a member of the Advisory
Council of the President of the African Development Bank. He is an advisor to the
Presidents of Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria and Namibia. An Honorary Knighthood was
conferred on him by Her Majesty the Queen in 2003 and in 2006 he was awarded
Ghana’s highest national award, the Companion of the Order of the Star.
9. Nick Land§, aged 62, joined the Board in December 2006 and is Chairman of the
Audit Committee. Solely for the purposes of relevant legislation he is the Board’s
appointed financial expert on the Audit Committee. In June 2006 he retired as
Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP after a distinguished career spanning 36 years with
the firm. He became an audit partner in 1978 and held a number of management
appointments before becoming Managing Partner in 1992. He was appointed
Chairman and joined the Global Executive Board of Ernst & Young Global LLP in 1995.
He is a non-executive director of Royal Dutch Shell plc, Alliance Boots GmbH, BBA
Aviation plc and the Ashmore Group plc. He is an advisor to the board of Denton Wilde
Sapte, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Farnham Castle, and is a member of the
Finance and Audit Committees of the National Gallery. He is also Chairman of The
Vodafone Foundation.
10. Anne Lauvergeon§, aged 50, 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 industry and in 1990 she was named Advisor 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. She
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.
11. Simon Murray CBE‡, aged 70, 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. He also sits on the Advisory Board of Imperial College in London. He will
retire from the Board on conclusion of the AGM on 27 July 2010.
12. Luc Vandevelde†‡, aged 59, 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. He was
formerly Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Carrefour SA, Chairman of Marks &
Spencer Group plc and Chief Executive Officer of Promodès, and has held senior
European and international roles with Kraft General Foods.
13. Anthony Watson CBE‡, aged 65, 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 the senior independent director of Hammerson plc and Witan Investment
Trust, a non-executive director of Lloyds Banking Group plc and sits on the Advisory
Board of Norges Bank Investment Management. He joined the Board of the
Shareholder Executive in October 2009, having been a member of its Advisory Group
since 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. He was Chairman
of The Strategic Investment Board in Northern Ireland until he retired in March 2009.
In January 2009 he was awarded a CBE for his services to the economic
redevelopment of Northern Ireland.
14. Philip Yea‡, aged 55, became a member of the Board in September 2005. He is
currently the Chairman of Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC, a UAE based property
group. He is also Chairman of the trustees of the British Heart Foundation. He is the
Senior Business Advisor to HRH Duke of York in his role as the UK’s Special
Representative for International Trade & Investment, and is a member of a number of
Advisory Boards, including PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK and Bridges Ventures.
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 P.L.C. He has previously held non-executive
roles at HBOS plc and Manchester United plc.
§ Audit Committee
† Nominations and Governance Committee
‡ Remuneration Committee