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Governance Financial statementsBusiness reviewBusiness overview
Composition
The Board currently comprises the
Chairman, three executive directors and
seven independent non-executive directors,
including a Deputy Chairman. Brian Cassin
was appointed as CFO on 30 April 2012,
Deirdre Mahlan and George Rose have been
appointed as non-executive directors with
effect from 1 September 2012 and David
Tyler will retire as a director on 31 December
2012. You will find biographical details of the
directors elsewhere in this annual report.
Details of the key skills and experience of
the current Board members, and what each
brings to Experian, follow.
Skills and experience of Board
members
Sir John Peace – Sir John has many years’
experience as a successful board chairman,
and the strength of his chairmanship is
frequently mentioned during Board reviews.
He also has an in-depth knowledge of the
Experian business due to his role in its
inception in 1980 and his time as Group Chief
Executive of GUS plc.
Sir Alan Rudge – Sir Alan has many years’
experience in general management and
technology roles. This experience means
that he has a broad knowledge of operational
issues and, in addition, he has a deep
understanding of the Experian business. He
also has a wealth of experience as a member
of other boards and as a chairman.
Don Robert – Don has led Experian through
a period of enormous change, beginning
with listing as an independent company in
October 2006. Prior to joining Experian, he
already had many years’ experience in credit
reporting businesses, and brought that to his
Experian roles.
Chris Callero – Chris’ overall responsibility
includes Experian business operations
around the globe, and the development and
management of growth initiatives to ensure
the continued success of the business. He
has strong leadership skills, clear strategic
vision and an in-depth knowledge of the
business.
Brian Cassin – Brian has 20 years’
experience in the corporate advisory sector.
He is very familiar with the Experian business
having acted as a strategic advisor to GUS
plc, our former parent company, during the
period leading up to demerger in 2006. Since
then, he has also acted as an advisor to
Experian.
Fabiola Arredondo – Fabiola brings to
Experian directly relevant international
strategic and operational experience in the
technology and media sectors, including a
senior role at a pre-eminent global internet
company. She also has extensive leading
international non-executive directorship
experience.
Roger Davis – Roger has over 20 years’
experience leading and managing change
at large global businesses. This notable
executive, and also his non-executive,
experience means that he understands what
is required to effectively manage a large
organisation.
Alan Jebson – Alan’s information
technology, global resourcing and
operational background is invaluable
at a large global business like Experian
where, for example, issues around server
technology and information security are of
great importance. He also has top-level non-
executive experience with Vodafone.
Judith Sprieser – Judith has previous
relevant experience of providing insight
into customer decision-making, and
a wealth of international experience. She is
an experienced non-executive director who
has chaired both audit and remuneration
committees.
David Tyler – David has many years’
experience of senior executive financial
roles, and this is an invaluable asset to the
Company. In addition, he has excellent non-
executive experience, including as chairman
(both Board and committee) of leading global
businesses.
Paul Walker – Having spent 16 years recently
as chief executive officer of a FTSE company,
Paul understands the challenges of running
a global business. As well as having a strong
financial background, he also has high-level
non-executive experience.
Election and re-election
All directors of the Company will be subject
to election or re-election at the 2012 annual
general meeting in accordance with the
UK Corporate Governance Code. With
the exception of Brian Cassin, all current
directors have been subject to a performance
evaluation during the year.
Advice, review, recommendation,
monitoring, executive forum
Delegated authority flow Board committees
Board
Principal subsidiaries
Strategic project committees
(global and regional)
Risk management committees
(executive, regional, global operations)
Internal Audit
Operating businesses
Audit Committee
Remuneration Committee
Nomination and Corporate
Governance Committee
Group Operating Committee
Executive management team
Experian’s governance framework