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Carphone Warehouse Group plc Annual Report 2011 31
GOVERNANCE
Charles Dunstone
Chairman
Age 46. Founder of Carphone Warehouse.
Chairman of the Group since January
2010 and Chief Executive Officer of Old
Carphone Warehouse from 1989 to 2010.
He was appointed Chairman of TalkTalk
Telecom Group PLC in 2010 and is a
non-executive director of The Daily Mail
and General Trust PLC and Independent
Media Distribution PLC. He is Chairman
of The Prince’s Trust Trading Board and
a member of its Council. He is also a
director of Best Buy Europe Distributions.
Roger Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
Age 46. Chief Executive Officer of the
Group since 2010 and Chief Financial
Officer of Old Carphone Warehouse from
2000 to 2010. He is responsible for new
business development, strategic initiatives
and investor relations. He was appointed
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of
TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC in 2010.
He is also a director of Best Buy Europe
Distributions and Virgin Mobile France.
Nigel Langstaff
Chief Financial Officer
Age 42. Chief Financial Officer of the
Group since 2010, and previously held
various roles with Old Carphone
Warehouse from 1997 to 2010 including
UK Finance Director and Group Finance
Director. He is responsible for the Group’s
finance functions, financial reporting and
procedures. He is also a director of Virgin
Mobile France.
John Gildersleeve
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
and Senior Independent Director
Age 66. Joined the Board in January 2010
as a non-executive director. He was a
member of the board of Old Carphone
Warehouse from 2000 and was Non-
Executive Chairman between 2005 and
2010. He is a non-executive director
of British Land PLC and, since 2010,
a non-executive director of TalkTalk
Telecom Group PLC. He was Chairman
of New Look Retail Group until 2011,
Gallaher Group PLC until 2007 and
EMI Group PLC until 2007. Previously,
he was an executive director of Tesco PLC
until he retired in February 2004. Prior
to this he was a non-executive director
of Vodafone Group PLC from 1998 to 2000.
Baroness Morgan of Huyton
Non-Executive Director
Age 51. Joined the Board in January 2010
as a non-executive director. She was a
non-executive director of Old Carphone
Warehouse from 2005 to 2010. From 2001
until 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 as 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 an advisor to the board of the
children’s charity ARK and a member of
the advisory committee of Virgin Group
Holdings Limited. She was appointed
Chair of Ofsted in March 2011.
John Allwood
Non-Executive Director
Age 59. Joined the Board in 2010 as
a non-executive director. He is a non-
executive director of TalkTalk Telecom
Group PLC. Previously he was Chief
Operating Officer and latterly Group
Finance Director of Mecom Group plc.
Prior to this, he was Managing Director of
Telegraph Media Group Limited. Formerly,
he was Chief Executive of Orange UK and
also Chief Executive of Mirror Group plc.
He is currently a member of Exeter
University Council.
Company Secretary
Tim Morris
Advisors
Principal Bankers:
HSBC Bank plc
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
Corporate Brokers:
Credit Suisse (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 6DA
Auditors:
Deloitte LLP, London
Registered Office
1 Portal Way
London W3 6RS
Registered number: 07105905