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Non-Executive Director
Age 47. Joined the Board in September 2005. He is Director of Food
at Marks & Spencers and previously he was Managing Director of
Waitrose, the supermarket division of the John Lewis Partnership,
from 2002 to April 2007. Prior to joining Waitrose, he spent the major
part of his career in various buying roles with J Sainsbury PLC and
also worked for the Ladbroke Group and Hilton International.
Non-Executive Director
Age 48. Joined the Board in November 2005. From November 2001
until May 2005, she was Director of Government Relations at 10
Downing Street. Prior to this she was Political Secretary to the Prime
Minister from 1997 to 2001, and was appointed Minister for Women
and Equalities in 2001. In 2006 she was appointed a Board Member
of the Olympic Delivery Authority and was also appointed as a Non-
Executive Director of Southern Cross Healthcare Group PLC. She is
Advisor to the Board of the children’s charity ARK and a member of
the Lloyds Pharmacy Advisory Panel.
Non-Executive Director
Age 54. Joined the Board in September 2005. He is an Executive
Director of Ingenious Media PLC, a specialist media and entertainment
investment and advisory group; and an advisor to Edleman, a global
public relations company. He is Chairman of Raja Limited, the radio
research company currently owned by the BBC and Commercial
Radio, and of the 1700 Group PLC, a recruitment company
specialising in media. He was previously Chief Executive of Capital
Radio PLC and latterly GCap Media PLC, the UK’s largest commercial
radio company. He is a fellow of the Radio Academy, and a member
of the London Business School London 100 Group.
Non-Executive Director
Age 53. Joined the Board in April 2007. He was Chief Financial
Officer of Reuters Group PLC until May 2008. Prior to joining Reuters
in 2000, he was Group Finance Director of Emap PLC and Chairman
of Emap Digital.
David Grigson ACA
David Mansfield Company Secretary
Tim Morris
Board Committees
Audit Committee:
David Grigson (Chairman)
Sir Brian Pitman
Adrian Martin
David Mansfield
Steven Esom
Baroness Morgan
Remuneration Committee:
Sir Brian Pitman (Chairman)
Adrian Martin
David Mansfield
Steven Esom
Baroness Morgan
David Grigson
Nomination Committee:
Sir Brian Pitman (Chairman)
John Gildersleeve
David Ross
Adrian Martin
Baroness Morgan
Advisors
Principal Bankers
Barclays PLC
Deutsche Bank AG
HSBC Bank plc
ING Bank NV
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
Legal Advisors
Ashurst Morris Crisp
Clyde & Co
DLA
Linklaters
Osborne Clarke
Corporate Brokers
Credit Suisse First Boston
(Europe) Limited
1 Cabot Square
London E14 4QJ
UBS
1 Finsbury Avenue
London EC2M 2PP
Registrars
Equiniti Limited
Aspect House
Spencer Road, Lancing
West Sussex BN99 6GU
Auditors
Deloitte & Touche LLP, London
Registered Office
1 Portal Way
London W3 6RS
Registered number: 3253714
Steven Esom
Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Governance