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39Experian Annual Report 2008
Introduction 2 – 5
Business review 6 – 37
Financial statements 65 – 144
Governance Board of directors Governance Board of directors
Alan Jebson (58)
Non-Executive Director
Alan Jebson retired in May 2006 as Group
Chief Operating Officer of HSBC Holdings
plc, a position that included responsibility
for IT and Global Resourcing. During a
long career with HSBC, Alan held various
positions in IT, including the position
of Group Chief Information Officer. His
roles included responsibility for HSBC’s
international systems, including the
consolidation of HSBC and Midland
systems following HSBC’s acquisition
of Midland Bank in 1993. He is a Non-
Executive Director of Vodafone Group plc
and MacDonald Dettwiler in Canada. Alan
is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales and is
Chairman of Experian’s Audit Committee.
Sean FitzPatrick (59)
Non-Executive Director
Sean FitzPatrick is the Chairman of
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc,
having previously been Chief Executive
Officer until January 2005. He is also
the Chairman of Smurfit Kappa plc,
and a Non-Executive Director of Aer
Lingus Group plc, Greencore Group
plc and Gartmore Irish Growth Fund
plc. He is a past President of the Irish
Bankers Federation. Sean is a Chartered
Accountant.
David Tyler (55)
Non-Executive Director
David Tyler is Chairman of Logica plc
and 3i Quoted Private Equity Limited.
He is also a Non-Executive Director of
Reckitt Benckiser plc and Burberry Group
plc (where he chairs the Remuneration
Committee). He spent his executive career
in financial and general management
beginning with Unilever in 1974 and
continuing with County NatWest from
1986, Christie’s from 1989 and finally the
former GUS plc from 1997. David was
Group Finance Director of GUS plc until
it was demerged into two separate listed
companies (Experian Group Limited and
Home Retail Group plc) at the end of 2006,
since when he has developed a portfolio
career. David has a degree in Economics
from Cambridge University, is a Fellow of
the Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants and a Member of the
Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Sir Alan Rudge (70)
Senior Independent Director
Sir Alan Rudge is Chairman of The ERA
Foundation Limited and Chairman of
the Board of Management of the Royal
Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. He
is a past Chairman of ERA Technology
Limited and was Deputy Chief Executive
of BT until November 1997 and Chairman
of WS Atkins until March 2001. He
joined the Board of the former GUS plc
in 1997 and was President of CELTEL
International B.V., a Non-Executive
Director of S.E.S.A. AG and Special
Advisor to General Atlantic Partners. He
was Pro Chancellor of Surrey University
until December 2007. Sir Alan has a PhD
in Electrical Engineering and is a Fellow of
the Royal Society and the Royal Academy
of Engineering, a past Chairman of the
Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council and a past President of
the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
Company Secretary
Charles Brown FCIS
Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Audit committee
Alan Jebson (Chairman)
Fabiola Arredondo
Laurence Danon
Roger Davis
Sean FitzPatrick
Sir Alan Rudge
David Tyler
Remuneration committee
Roger Davis (Chairman)
Fabiola Arredondo
Laurence Danon
Sean FitzPatrick
Alan Jebson
Sir Alan Rudge
David Tyler
Nomination committee
John Peace (Chairman)
Fabiola Arredondo
Laurence Danon
Roger Davis
Sean FitzPatrick
Alan Jebson
Don Robert
Sir Alan Rudge
David Tyler