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Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Charles Dunstone
Chief Executive Officer
Age 38. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the
Group since 1989. He is also responsible for new business
development and strategic initiatives. He is a Non-Executive
Director of HBOS PLC and The Daily Mail and General Trust
PLC. He is also Chairman of The Prince’s Trust Trading
Board and a member of its Council.
David Ross ACA
Chief Operating Officer
Age 37. He will take up his new role as Deputy Chairman
of the Group with effect from the Annual General Meeting.
His responsibilities for mainland Europe will pass to existing
management, and he will then focus more closely on the
strategic development of the Group.
Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux ESSEC (MBA)
Chief Operating Officer, European Distribution
Age 40. Joined the Group in 1996 and was appointed
to the Board in June 2000. He is responsible for the
Group’s European distribution business. He was UK
Marketing Director for L’Oreal and Managing Director
of L’Oreal’s Polish operations between 1994 and 1996.
Roger Taylor ACA
Chief Financial Officer
Age 38. Chief Financial Officer of the Group since January
2000. Prior to joining he was a corporate finance partner
at BDO Stoy Hayward. He is responsible for controlling
the Group’s finance function and financial reporting and
procedures. He also manages the Group’s corporate
finance function and has a direct involvement in strategic
decisions and the appraisal process. Non-Executive
Director of Berkeley Scott Group PLC.
James Dale FCA
Executive Chairman of Carphone Warehouse Insurance
Age 63. Joined the Group in January 1997 and appointed
to the Board in March 2001. Executive Chairman of
Carphone Warehouse Insurance, and responsible for the
management of the Group’s insurance operations.
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Hans Roger Snook
Chairman
Age 55. Joined the Board in May 2002 as Chairman.
He was the founding Chief Executive of Orange. Under
his leadership Orange launched in 1994 and by June 1996
became the youngest ever company to enter the FTSE 100.
John Gildersleeve
Age 58. Joined the Board in June 2000. He is currently
an Executive Director of Tesco PLC and Non-Executive
Director of Gallaher Group PLC. Prior to this he was a
Non-Executive Director of Lloyds TSB Bank PLC from 1994
to 1997 and Vodafone Group PLC from 1998 to 2000.
Adrian Martin
Age 53. Joined the Board in November 2000. He is
currently Chief Executive of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain
Solicitors and a Non-Executive Director of two privately
controlled companies. Previously he was UK Managing
Partner of BDO Stoy Hayward, where he was also
Chairman of its International Policy Board.
Des Wilson
Age 62. Joined the Board in June 2000. He retired from
BAA PLC in 2000, where he was Director of Corporate
and Public Affairs and remains a consultant. He is currently
Non-Executive Director of Earls Court and Olympia and
also a board member of the British Tourist Authority.
Sir Brian Pitman
Age 71. Joined the Board in January 2001 and is the
Senior Independent Director. He is also Non-Executive
Director of Carlton Communications PLC and Tomkins PLC,
and is a Senior Adviser to Morgan Stanley. He retired in
2001 from Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, where he was Chief
Executive for 13 years and Chairman for 4 years. He was
also Chairman of NEXT PLC from 1998 to 2002.
Martin Dawes
Age 59. Joined the Board in June 2003. He has been
involved in the mobile telecommunications industry since
1985 when he launched Martin Dawes Telecommunications
which was subsequently sold to BT Cellnet in 1995. He
was Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Opal Telecom PLC
until its acquisition by The Carphone Warehouse in
November 2002.
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The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC Annual Report 2003