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Experian Annual Report 2011
John Peace (62) 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 was
appointed to the Board on 6 July 2006.
Sir Alan Rudge (73) Deputy Chairman l
Sir Alan Rudge is Chairman of The ERA Foundation Limited and of the Board of Management of
the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. He is Experian’s Senior Independent Director and
Chairman of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. Sir Alan was Pro Chancellor of
Surrey University until December 2007, a non-executive director of the former GUS plc until October
2006, President of CELTEL International B.V. and a non-executive director of S.E.S.A. AG until
March 2005, Special Advisor to General Atlantic Partners until 2004, Chairman of ERA Technology
until October 2003, Chairman of WS Atkins until March 2001 and Deputy Chief Executive of BT until
November 1997. He 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. Sir Alan was appointed to the
Board on 6 September 2006.
Don Robert (52) Chief Executive Officer
Don Robert was appointed Chief Executive Officer in February 2005, with responsibility for Experian
globally. He was previously Chief Executive Officer 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 Board on 6 July 2006.
Paul Brooks (57) Chief Financial Officer
Paul Brooks became Chief Financial Officer 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 five years
with GKN’s Industrial Services Division, mostly as Divisional Chief Financial Officer in the USA. Before
that, he worked for ICI’s Plastics Division in Brussels and its Corporate Reporting Group in London. Paul
qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG, having graduated from Cambridge University with an
economics degree. He is a non-executive director of Serco Group plc. Paul was appointed to the Board
on 6 July 2006.
Chris Callero (59) President and Chief Operating Officer
Chris Callero was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Experian in April 2008. He
previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Experian Americas, having joined Experian in 2002. Prior
to joining Experian, Chris spent 27 years at Bank of America, where his roles included Group Executive
Vice President in retail banking. He also served as Chief Operating Officer at Wink Communications, a
leading interactive television company at the time. Chris is a member of the Chancellor’s Chief Executive
Roundtable at the University of California, Irvine. He also serves in an advisory capacity for the Paul
Merage School of Business, as well as the Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. Chris
was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2009.
Fabiola Arredondo (44) Non-executive director l
Fabiola Arredondo is the Managing Partner of Siempre Holdings, a private investment firm based in
the USA, and a non-executive director of Rodale, Inc., the World Wildlife Fund and Sesame Workshop.
Previously, she held senior operating positions at Yahoo!, the BBC and Bertelsmann AG and non-
executive directorships of Bankinter S.A., BOC Group plc and Intelsat Corporation. Fabiola has a BA
degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Fabiola was appointed
to the Board on 1 January 2007.
Board of directors
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