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Experian Annual Report 2010 Governance52
John Peace (61)
Chairman
John Peace is also Chairman of Burberry
Group plc and Standard Chartered
PLC. From 2000 until 2006, he was Group
Chief Executive of the former GUS plc,
having been a director of GUS since
1997. John is also a director of The First
American Corporation, a member 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. John was
appointed to the Experian plc Board on 6
July 2006.
Paul Brooks (56)
Chief Financial Ofcer
Paul Brooks became Chief Financial
Ofcer of Experian in October 2001,
having joined Experian in 1999 as Finance
Director of the former International
division. Prior to this, Paul was at
Inchcape, where he became Marketing
Services Finance Director in 1994, based
in Singapore. He previously spent ve
years with GKN’s Industrial Services
Division, mostly as Divisional Chief
Financial Ofcer in the USA. Before that,
he worked for ICI’s Plastics Division in
Brussels and its Corporate Reporting
Group in London. Paul qualied as a
chartered accountant with KPMG, having
graduated from Cambridge University
with an economics degree. Paul was
appointed to the Experian plc Board on 6
July 2006.
Board of directors
Don Robert (51)
Chief Executive Ofcer
Don Robert was appointed Chief
Executive Ofcer in February 2005, with
responsibility for Experian globally. He
was previously Chief Executive Ofcer
of Experian North America, having
joined Experian from The First American
Corporation in 2001. From 1995 to 2001,
he held positions with First American
and, before that, served as President at
Credco, Inc., the largest specialist credit
reporting company in the USA, which
was acquired by The First American
Corporation in 1995. Don began his
career with US Bancorp, a multi-state
bank holding company, where he held
positions of increasing responsibility
over 15 years. He graduated from Oregon
State University with a degree in Business
Administration. Don is a non-executive
director of Compass Group PLC, a
director and trustee of the National
Education and Employer Partnership
Taskforce, a past director of the former
GUS plc and a past chairman of the
Consumer Data Industry Association.
Don was appointed to the Experian plc
Board on 6 July 2006.
Roger Davis (53)
Non-executive director
Roger Davis is Chairman of Gem
Diamonds Limited. He is Chairman of
Experian’s Remuneration Committee.
Roger previously spent some eight years
at Barclays, latterly as the Chief Executive
Ofcer of the 45,000 strong UK Banking
operation and as a member of the Board
of Barclays PLC. Prior to that, he was in
investment banking for some ten years
in London and in various positions in
Asia for Flemings and BZW. Roger was
appointed to the Experian plc Board on 1
January 2007.
Alan Jebson (60)
Non-executive director
Alan Jebson is a non-executive director
of Vodafone Group plc and MacDonald
Dettwiler in Canada. He is Chairman of
Experian’s Audit Committee. Alan retired
in May 2006 as Group Chief Operating
Ofcer of HSBC Holdings plc, a position
that included responsibility for IT and
Global Resourcing. During a long career
with HSBC, he held various positions in
IT, including the position of Group Chief
Information Ofcer. 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. Alan is a fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales. Alan was appointed to the
Experian plc Board on 1 January 2007.
Judith Sprieser (56)
Non-executive director
Judith Sprieser is the former President
and Chief Executive Ofcer of
Transora, a technology software and
services company. She previously
served as Executive Vice President,
Food Operations and, before that, as
Chief Financial Ofcer of Sara Lee
Corporation. Judith is a non-executive
director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc,
Allstate Corporation, USG Corporation,
InterContinental Exchange, Inc., Royal
Ahold N.V. and Adecco SA. She holds
BA and MBA degrees from Northwestern
University. Judith has been appointed to
the Experian plc Board with effect from 1
June 2010.