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Experian Annual Report 200838
Paul Brooks (54)
Chief Financial Officer
Paul Brooks graduated from Cambridge
University with an economics degree
and went on to qualify as a Chartered
Accountant with KPMG. He then joined
ICI where he worked for the Plastics
Division in Brussels and the Corporate
Reporting Group in London. After five
years with GKN’s Industrial Services
Division, mostly spent as Divisional
Chief Financial Officer in the US, Paul
joined Inchcape as Marketing Services
Finance Director, based in Singapore. He
joined Experian in April 1999 as Finance
Director of Experian International and was
appointed Global Chief Financial Officer
in October 2001.
Board of directors
Roger Davis (51)
Non-Executive Director
Roger Davis spent some eight years at
Barclays, latterly as the Chief Executive
Officer of the 45,000 strong UK Banking
operation and as a member of the Board
of Barclays plc. Prior to that, he spent
some ten years in investment banking
in London and in various positions in
Asia for Flemings and BZW. Roger is
Chairman of Life Trust Holdings plc and
Gem Diamonds Limited, a Non-Executive
Director of Aero Inventory plc, and is
Chairman of Experian’s Remuneration
Committee.
Laurence Danon (52)
Non-Executive Director
Laurence Danon is a member of the
Executive Board of Edmond de Rothschild
Corporate Finance and was the President
and Chief Executive Officer of Printemps
S.A., the French department store
chain, until January 2007. In 2006, she
led the buyout of Printemps from PPR,
Europe’s largest non-food retailer. Prior
to Printemps, Laurence held various
senior roles at Total Fina Elf. Laurence
began her career working for the French
Government. She is a Non-Executive
Director of Diageo plc, Plastic Omnium
S.A., Lafuma S.A. and Rhodia S.A.
Fabiola Arredondo (41)
Non-Executive Director
Fabiola Arredondo is the Managing
Partner of Siempre Holdings, a private
investment firm based in the US. Prior to
this, she held senior operating positions
at Yahoo!, the BBC and Bertelsmann
AG. Fabiola is currently a Non-Executive
Director of Bankinter, S.A., Rodale, Inc.,
the World Wildlife Fund and Sesame
Workshop, and was formerly a Non-
Executive Director of BOC Group plc and
Intelsat Corporation. Fabiola has a BA
degree from Stanford University, and an
MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Don Robert (49)
Chief Executive Officer
Don Robert graduated from Oregon State
University with a degree in Business
Administration. He began his career with
U.S. Bancorp, a multi-state bank holding
company, where he held positions of
increasing responsibility over 15 years. From
there he joined Credco, Inc., the largest
specialist credit reporting company in
the US, as President. In 1995, Credco was
acquired by First American Corporation and
over the next six years Don held positions
as Executive Vice President of Mortgage
Origination Services and President of First
American’s Consumer Information and
Services Group. In 2001, Don joined Experian
from First American, becoming Chief
Executive Officer of Experian North America
in December 2002. In February 2005, he took
responsibility for Experian globally as Chief
Executive Officer of the Experian Group.
Don joined the Board of the former GUS
plc in April 2005. He is a Director of First
Advantage Corporation, a Member of the
Chapman University Board of Counsellors
and a past Chairman of the Consumer Data
Industry Association.
John Peace (59)
Chairman
John Peace is Chairman of Burberry
Group plc and Deputy Chairman and
Senior Independent Director of Standard
Chartered PLC. He is also Chairman of
the Board of Governors of Nottingham
Trent University, Deputy Lieutenant for
the County of Nottinghamshire, a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Arts and Chairman
of The Work Foundation. Previously he
was Group Chief Executive of the former
GUS plc from 2000 until 2006, having been
a director of GUS since 1997.