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Overview Business review Governance Financial statements
Carphone Warehouse Group plc Annual Report 2012 35
Charles Dunstone
Chairman
Charles is the founder of Carphone
Warehouse. Hehasbeen Chairman of the
Group sinceJanuary2010 and was Chief
Executive Officer of Old Carphone
Warehouse from 1989 to 2010. He was
appointed Chairman of TalkTalk Telecom
Group PLC in 2010. Hewas a non‑executive
director of DailyMail and General Trust
from 2001 untilFebruary 2012. He is a
non‑executive director of Independent
Media Distribution PLC. He is Chairman
ofThe Prince’s Trust Trading Board and
amember of its Council.
Roger Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
Roger has been Chief Executive Officer of the
Group since 2010 andwas 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 Virgin Mobile France and
chairman of the Global Connect Board.
Nigel Langstaff
Chief Financial Officer
Nigel has been Chief Financial Officer of the
Group since 2010 and previously held various
roles within Old Carphone Warehouse Group
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
John 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
Baroness Morgan 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. 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
John 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.