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Deirdre Mahlan
Non-executive director (53)
Appointed to the Board: 1 September 2012
Other current roles: Chairman – Experian
plc Audit Committee. President – Diageo
North America.
Previous roles: Chief Financial Officer –
Diageo plc. Deputy Chief Financial Officer,
Head of Tax and Treasury – Diageo plc.
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
– Diageo North America. Vice President of
Finance – Diageo Guinness USA. Various
senior finance roles – Joseph Seagram and
Sons, Inc., PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Key skills and experience: A qualified
accountant with an MBA, with many years’
experience in senior finance roles. Spent time
as a board member, and as Chief Financial
Officer, at Diageo plc, so understands the
operational challenges of a global public
company, and has the right financial expertise
to lead the Audit Committee.
George Rose
Deputy Chairman and Senior
Independent Director (64)
Appointed to the Board: 1 September 2012
Appointed as Deputy Chairman and
Senior Independent Director: 16 July 2014
Other current roles: Chairman – Experian
plc Nomination and Corporate Governance
Committee. Senior independent director (and
Audit Committee Chairman) – Genel Energy
plc. Non-executive director – EXPO 2020 LLC.
Previous roles: Group Finance Director,
Director of Finance and Treasury – BAE
Systems plc. Senior finance positions –
Leyland DAF plc, Rover Group (and finance
graduate trainee at Ford). Non-executive
director – National Grid plc, SAAB AB,
Orange plc. Non-executive director (and Audit
Committee Chairman) – Laing O’Rourke
plc. Member – Industrial Development
Advisory Board.
Key skills and experience: A qualified
accountant, whose career has included
high-level finance positions, including at
board level with BAE Systems plc. Has held
numerous non-executive positions with
leading companies, adding to the collective
strength of the Board in this regard.
Judith Sprieser
Non-executive director (62)
Appointed to the Board: 1 June 2010
Other current roles: Lead Director
– Allstate Corporation. Non-executive
director (and Audit Committee Chairman)
– InterContinental Exchange, Inc. Non-
executive director (and Remuneration
Committee Chairman) – Reckitt Benckiser
Group plc.
Previous roles: President and Chief Executive
Officer – Transora. Executive Vice President,
Food Operations, Chief Financial Officer – Sara
Lee Corporation. Vice Chair – Royal Ahold N.V.
Non-executive director – USG Corporation,
Adecco SA, Jimmy Choo PLC.
Key skills and experience: Relevant
experience of providing insight into
customer decision making, and a wealth
of international knowledge. A qualified
accountant and experienced non-executive
director who has chaired both audit and
remuneration committees.
Paul Walker
Non-executive director (58)
Appointed to the Board: 1 June 2010
Other current roles: Non-executive
Chairman – Halma plc, WANdisco plc. Chair –
Newcastle Science City Partnership. Director
– Sophos Ltd.
Previous roles: Chief Executive Officer,
Finance Director, Financial Controller – The
Sage Group plc. Non-executive director –
Diageo plc, MyTravel Group plc. Ernst & Young.
Key skills and experience: Spent
16 years as chief executive officer of a FTSE
company, giving a great understanding
of the challenges of running a global
business. An economics graduate and
qualified accountant, with a strong
financial background and high-level
non-executive experience.
Audit Committee
Remuneration Committee
Nomination and Corporate
Governance Committee
Company Secretary:
Charles Brown FCIS
Independent Auditor:
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
Chartered Accountants and
Recognized Auditor
Governance Board of directors 63