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Board of Directors and Executive Committee
Board of Directors
Chairman
Sir Christopher Bland (d) (f)
Sir Christopher Bland was appointed to the Board as Chairman
on 1 May 2001. He chairs the Nominating and Community
Support committees. Sir Christopher has been chairman of the
BBC since 1 April 1996 and was deputy chairman of the
Independent Broadcasting Authority and chairman of its
Complaints Review Board from 1972 until 1979. In 1982, he
became a non-executive director of LWT Holdings and was
chairman from 1983 until 1994, when the company was
acquired by Granada Group. From December 1994 to May 2000,
he was chairman of NFC. Sir Christopher was chairman of the
Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals Special Health
Authority from 1982 to 1994 and of Hammersmith Hospitals
NHS Trust from 1994 to February 1997. He was knighted for
his work in the NHS in 1993. Aged 62.
Executive Directors
Sir Peter Bonfield CBE Chief Executive (a)
Sir Peter Bon¢eld was appointed to the Board on 1 January
1996 as Chief Executive. He chairs the Executive Committee.
Sir Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and
the Institution of Electrical Engineers. From 1981 to 1995, he
worked for ICL, latterly as chairman and chief executive. He is
a non-executive director of AstraZeneca Group, a member of the
international advisory board of Salomon Smith Barney and vice
president of the British Quality Foundation. Aged 56.
Philip R Hampton Group Finance Director (a) (e)
Philip Hampton was appointed to the Board on 1 November
2000 as Group Finance Director. He is an Associate of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants. He was formerly, from July
1996,aboardmemberoftheBGGroupwithresponsibilityfor
¢nance, having previously been executive director for ¢nance
at British Steel. From 1975 to 1980, Philip Hampton worked for
Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and,
between 1981 and 1990, he worked for Lazards. In 1986, he was
seconded to Lazard Fre
'res,NewYorkand,in1987,was
appointed an executive director of Lazard Brothers. Aged 47.
Non-Executive Directors
Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge Joint Deputy Chairman (b) (c) (d)
Lord Marshall was appointed to the Board in 1995 and was
Deputy Chairman between 1996 and 2000. On 1 January 2001,
he became Joint Deputy Chairman. He currently chairs the
Remuneration Committee and was chairman of the Audit
Committee until 31 December 2000. Lord Marshall is chairman
of British Airways and Invensys, and a non-executive director
of HSBC Holdings. Aged 67.
Lord Marshall will retire from the Board at the end of the
2001 AGM.
Sir Anthony Greener Joint Deputy Chairman (b) (c) (d)
Sir Anthony Greener was appointed to the Board on 1 October
2000. He became Joint Deputy Chairman and chairman of the
Audit Committee on 1 January 2001. Sir Anthony is vice
president of The Marketing Council, chairman of University for
Industry and a non-executive director of Robert Mondavi
Corporation. He was formerly chairman of Diageo. Prior to the
merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, he was chairman
and chief executive of Guinness, having been chief executive of
Guinness since 1992. Aged 60.
Sir Anthony will become sole Deputy Chairman from the
date of the 2001 AGM.
Helen Alexander (b) (d)
Helen Alexander joined the Board on 1 June 1998. She has been
chief executive of The Economist Group since January 1997.
Helen Alexander joined The Economist in 1984 and was
managing director of The Economist Intelligence Unit from
1993 to the end of 1996. She is also a non-executive director of
Northern Foods and a member of the ethics committee of the
University College London Hospitals. Aged 44.
Dr lain Anderson (b) (c) (d) (e)
Dr Anderson was appointed to the Board in 1995. He is
chairman of the BT Scotland Board and chairs the Pensions
Committee. Dr Anderson joined the board of Unilever in 1988
and was the strategy and technology director of Unilever until
he retired in May 1998. He is chairman of Intense Photonics, a
non-executive director of Scottish & Newcastle, a director of
Scottish Science Trust and was special adviser to the Prime
Minister on millennium compliance. Aged 62.
Louis R Hughes (b)
Louis Hughes joined the Board on 1 January 2000. He was
formerly president and chief operating o⁄cer of Lockheed
Martin Corporation and previously executive vice president of
General Motors. He is a non-executive director of AB Electrolux,
Maxager Technology Inc and Sulzer AG. He is a US national.
Aged 52.
Neville Isdell (b) (c) (d)
Neville Isdell joined the Board on 1 July 1998. He is
vice-chairman and chief executive of Coca-Cola HBC. Neville
Isdell joined Coca-Cola in 1968 and has held a number of posts
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