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Leadership and governance
Board of Directors continued
Alison Carnwath (58)
Non-executive Director
Fulvio Conti (63)
Non-executive Director
Simon Fraser (51)
Non-executive Director
Reuben Jeffery III (57)
Non-executive Director
Biography Alison worked in investment
banking and corporate finance
for 20 years from 1980 to 2000,
before pursuing a portfolio career.
During her career, Alison became
a director of J. Henry Schroder
Wagg & Co, where she worked
for 10 years. Alison also held the
positions of a senior partner of
Phoenix Securities and Managing
Director, New York at Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette. Alison has wide
board level experience and is
currently non-executive Chairman
of Land Securities Group PLC,
Senior Independent Director at
Man Group plc, non-executive
Director of Paccar Inc, and
non-executive Chairman of
ISIS EP LLP.
Fulvio is currently Chief Executive
Officer and General Manager of
Enel SpA, the Italian energy group,
where he was previously Chief
Financial Officer from 1999-2005.
Fulvio has held a number of
high-level financial roles, including
Chief Financial Officer and General
Manager of Telecom Italia and
General Manager and Chief
Financial Officer of Ferrovie dello
Stato. He was also head of the
accounting, finance, and control
department of Montecatini and
was in charge of finance at
Montedison-Compart. He has
held positions in finance and
operations in various affiliates
of Mobil Oil Corporation in Italy
and Europe.
Simon has extensive experience
of the institutional fund
management industry, having
worked at Fidelity International
from 1981 to 2008, latterly as
President of the Investment
Solutions Group and President of
the Retirement Institute. Simon
held a number of positions during
his career at Fidelity International,
including President, European &
UK Institutional Business, Global
Chief Investment Officer, Chief
Investment Officer for Asia Pacific
and Chief Investment Officer of
the European Investment Group.
Simon remains a director of
Fidelity European Values PLC
and Fidelity Japanese Values PLC.
He was appointed as the Chairman
of Foreign & Colonial Investment
Trust PLC and Chairman of
The Merchants Trust in May 2010.
Reuben is currently the Chief
Executive Officer of Rockefeller
& Co., Inc., a member of the
Advisory Board of TASC Inc and
of TowerBrook Capital Partners LP
and Senior Adviser at the Center
for Strategic & International
Studies in Washington, D.C..
He previously served in the US
government as Under Secretary
of State for Economic, Energy and
Agricultural Affairs (2007-2009).
Prior to joining the Department of
State, Reuben was the Chairman
of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission. He spent eighteen
years at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
between 1983-2001 where he
was managing partner of
Goldman Sachs in Paris and led
the firm’s European Financial
Institutions Group in London.
Term of office Alison joined the Board on
1st August 2010.
Fulvio joined the Board in April
2006. Fulvio was last re-elected by
shareholders at the AGM in 2009.
Simon joined the Board in March
2009. Simon was last re-elected
by shareholders at the AGM
in 2009.
Reuben joined the Board in July
2009. Reuben was last re-elected
by shareholders at the AGM
in 2010.
Independent Yes Yes Yes Yes
External
appointments
Non-executive Director of CforC
Ltd. Non-executive Chairman
of Land Securities Group PLC
since November 2008. Senior
Independent Director at Man
Group plc. Non-executive Director
of Paccar Inc. Non-executive
Chairman of ISIS EP LLP.
Chief Executive of Enel SpA since
2005. Director of ENDESA SA
since June 2009. Director of AON
Corporation since January 2008.
Chief Financial Officer and General
Manager of Telecom Italia until
1999. General Manager and Chief
Financial Officer of Ferrovie dello
Stato until 1998.
Director of Fidelity European
Values PLC since July 2002.
Director of Fidelity Japanese Values
PLC since May 2000. Chairman of
The Merchants Trust PLC since
May 2010. Chairman of Foreign
& Colonial Investment Trust PLC
since May 2010.
Chief Executive Officer of
Rockefeller & Co., Inc. since
September 2010. Senior Adviser
at the Center for Strategic &
International Studies, Washington
D.C.. Member of the Advisory
Board of TASC Inc. Member of
the Advisory Board of TowerBrook
Capital Partners LP. Director of
Transatlantic Holdings Inc since
May 2010.
Committee
membership
Member of the Board Audit
Committee since October
2010. Member of the Board
Remuneration Committee
since October 2010.
Member of the Board
Audit Committee since
September 2006.
Member of the Board Audit
Committee since May 2009.
Member of the Board
Remuneration Committee
since May 2009.
Member of Board Risk Committee
since January 2010.
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