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Governance
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Board and Committee Membership and Attendance
The table below sets out attendance of Directors at scheduled Board and Committee meetings in 2007.
Board
Board HR & Corporate
Board Remuner- Governance & Board
Audit ation Nominations Risk
Independent Board Committee Committee Committee Committee
Number of scheduled meetings 88424
Group Chairman
Marcus Agius OA 8 – 4 2 –
Executive Directors
John Varley (Group Chief Executive) ED 8 – – – –
Robert E Diamond Jr ED 8 – – – –
Gary Hoffman ED 8 – – – –
Chris Lucas (joined the Board 1st April 2007) ED 6 – – – –
Frits Seegers ED 8 – – – –
Naguib Kheraj (left the Board 31st March 2007) ED 2 – – – –
Non-executive Directors
David Booth (joined the Board 1st May 2007) I 5 – – – –
Sir Richard Broadbent (Senior Independent Director) I 8 – 4 2 4
Leigh Clifford I 7 – 2 – –
Fulvio Conti I 7 6 – – –
Dr Danie Cronjé I 8 – – – 4
Professor Dame Sandra Dawson I 8 8 – – –
Sir Andrew Likierman I 8 8 – – 4
Sir Nigel Rudd (Deputy Chairman) I 8 – – 2 –
Stephen Russell I 8 8 – 2 4
Sir John Sunderland I 8 – 4 2 –
Key
OA Independent on appointment
ED Executive Director
IIndependent non-executive Director
Board Committees
In order for the Board to carry out its functions, and to ensure independent
oversight of internal control and risk management, certain aspects of its
role are delegated to Board Committees, whose members are non-executive
Directors. The specific matters for which delegated authority has been
given are set out in each Board Committee’s terms of reference, which are
reviewed annually.
The Board has delegated authority to four principal Board Committees:
– Board Audit Committee
– Board Risk Committee
– Board Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee
– Board HR and Remuneration Committee
The Board appoints Committee members on the recommendation of
the Board Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee, which
regularly reviews Committee composition and balance and the need
for refreshment. The number of scheduled meetings held and attendance
at the Committee meetings is set out above in ‘Board and Committee
Membership and Attendance’. The Board Committees report on their
activities on the following pages.