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Your Board
❋Independent
●Audit Committee
■Remuneration Committee
▲Nomination Committee
Lord Burns Chairman ▲(Chairman)
Appointed as Deputy Chairman in October
2005 and as Chairman in July 2006. Age 63.
He is Chairman of Abbey National plc and Glas
Cymru Ltd (Welsh Water) and a non-executive
director of Banco Santander Central Hispano
SA and Pearson Group plc. He is a former
non-executive director of Legal & General Group
Plc and The British Land Company PLC and
a former Chairman of the National Lottery
Commission. He was Permanent Secretary
to HM Treasury from 1991 to 1998 and
Chief Economic Advisor from 1980 to 1991.
He was appointed a Life Peer in 1998.
Stuart Rose Chief Executive ▲
Appointed in May 2004. Age 58. Stuart is a
non-executive director of Land Securities plc
and Chairman of the British Fashion Council. He
began his career in retail at Marks & Spencer in
1972 before going on to the Burton Group in
1989, becoming Chief Executive of the
Multiples Division in 1994. He left the Group
following the demerger in 1997. Stuart was
Chief Executive of Argos plc in 1998 and later
became Chief Executive of Booker plc. Before
re-joining Marks & Spencer as Chief Executive
in 2004, he was Chief Executive of Arcadia
Group plc from 2000 until 2002.
Ian Dyson Group Finance Director
Appointed in June 2005. Age 44. Ian was
formerly Finance Director of The Rank Group
plc. Prior to this he was Group Financial
Controller of Hilton Group plc. He joined Hilton
from Le Meridien, a division of Forte plc, where
he had been Finance Director. His early career
was spent with Arthur Andersen, where he
qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986
and was promoted to a Partner of the firm
in 1994. Ian was a non-executive director of
Misys plc until September 2005.
Steven Sharp Executive Director,
Marketing
Appointed in November 2005 having joined
the Company in May 2004. Age 56. He started
his career with Bejam in 1978, progressing
to the Argyll Group and became Marketing
Director of Asda in 1987. He joined the Board
of Debenhams in 1989. He later became
Marketing Director of the Burton Group,
Booker plc and Arcadia Group plc. Steven is
a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
and visiting professor of Glasgow Caledonian
University.
Sir David Michels
Senior Independent Director ❋ ● ■ ▲
Appointed in March 2006. Age 60. David
was appointed Senior Independent Director in
September 2006. He is a non-executive director
of The British Land Company plc, easyJet plc,
Strategic Hotels & Resorts and RAB Capital
Plc. He previously worked with Grand
Metropolitan, Hilton International and Stakis
before rejoining Hilton International in 1999 as
Chief Executive, becoming Chief Executive of
Hilton Group plc from 2000 to 2006. He was
formerly a non-executive director of Arcadia
Group. David was knighted in June 2006.
Jeremy Darroch
Non-Executive Director ❋ ▲ ● (Chairman)
Appointed in February 2006. Age 44. Jeremy
was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee
in September 2006. He is the Chief Financial
Officer at British Sky Broadcasting Plc. He was
previously Retail Finance Director at Dixons Group
plc, where he became Group Finance Director
in 2002. He spent 12 years at Procter & Gamble
in a variety of roles. He qualified as a Chartered
Accountant with Deloitte Haskins and Sells.
Steven Holliday
Non-Executive Director ❋ ● ■ ▲
Appointed in July 2004. Age 50. Steve was
appointed Group CEO of National Grid plc at
the end of 2006, having at different times been
responsible for the UK Electricity and Gas
businesses. He was formerly an executive
director of British Borneo Oil and Gas. Previously,
he spent 19 years with the Exxon Group where
he held numerous senior positions. His
international business experience includes the
US, China, Australia, Japan and Brazil.
Jack Keenan
Non-Executive Director ❋ ● ■ ▲
Appointed in September 2001. Age 70.
Jack will retire as a non-executive director
at this year’s AGM. He is CEO of Grand Cru
Consulting Ltd and will retire as a non-executive
director of Tomkins plc following their AGM on
13 June 2007. Jack was previously Deputy
CEO of Guinness UDV, a board member of
Diageo plc until 2001 and senior non-executive
director of The Body Shop International plc.
Jack is Patron of Cambridge University’s Centre
for International Business and Management.
Louise Patten
Non-Executive Director ❋ ▲ ■ (Chairman)
Appointed in February 2006. Age 53. Louise
was appointed Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee in January 2007. She is non-
executive Chairman of Brixton plc, a non-
executive director of Bradford & Bingley plc and
a senior adviser to Bain & Co. She was formerly
a non-executive director of Hilton Group plc,
GUS plc, Somerfield plc and Harveys
Furnishings plc.
Martha Lane Fox
Non-Executive Director ❋ ● ■ ▲
To be appointed on 1 June 2007. Age 34.
Martha is a non-executive director of Channel 4
Television and Trustee of the charity Reprieve.
She is founder of a chain of private room
karaoke clubs, Lucky Voice, and of her own
charity foundation, Antigone. Martha co-founded
lastminute.com in 1998, taking the company
public in March 2000, she remained on the
Board until the company was purchased by
Sabre Holdings in 2005. Martha is also a Patron
of CAMFED.
Graham Oakley
Group Secretary and Head
of Corporate Governance
Appointed in August 1997. Age 50. Graham
is Secretary of the Audit, Remuneration and
Nomination Committees. In 1985, he joined
Marks & Spencer’s Legal Department. He was
appointed Head of Legal in 1990, Company
Secretary and Chief Legal Adviser in 1997 and
Head of the Corporate Governance Group in
June 2002.
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