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The following table sets out the number of meetings of the Board and its committees during the year and individual attendance by
Board and committee members at those meetings:
Group Audit Remuneration Nomination
Board Committee Committee Committee
Name of Director AB AB AB AB
Lord Burns, Chairman (Deputy until 11 July 2006) 10 10 – – – – 1 1
Paul Myners, Chairman (retired 11 July 2006) 4 4 – – – – – –
Stuart Rose, Chief Executive 10 10 – – – – 1 1
Executive Directors
Ian Dyson 10 10 – – – – – –
Steven Sharp 10 10 – – – – – –
Non-Executive Directors
Jeremy Darroch 10 10 4 4 - - 1 1
Steven Holliday1108438710
Jack Keenan 10 10 4 4 8 8 1 1
Kevin Lomax (retired 31 August 2006) 4 4 1 1 3 3 – –
Sir David Michels21010 31 77 11
Louise Patten310 10 – – 8 7 1 1
A = Maximum number of meetings the director could have attended
B = Number of meetings the director actually attended
1Steven Holliday was unable to attend the Audit Committee meeting on 16 May 2006, the Board meeting on 6 November 2006, the Nomination Committee meeting
on 23 January 2007 and the Board and Remuneration Committee meetings on 24 January 2007 due to overseas commitments with National Grid plc.
2Sir David Michels was unable to attend the Audit Committee meetings on 4 September and 1 November 2006 as the meeting dates had been set prior to his
appointment to the Committee.
3Louise Patten was unable to attend the Remuneration Committee meeting on 10 May 2006 due to her attendance as Chairman at the AGM of Brixton plc.
Board performance evaluation
The approach taken during 2006/07 was to further develop the thorough and robust process adopted in 2005/06 and to evolve this to
the next stage. The Board was keen to ensure that the evaluation was a continuous process building on the previous year’s evaluation.
In September 2006, the Chairman agreed with the Board that a thorough review would be conducted combining the use of a
questionnaire and one-to-one interviews led by the Chairman. The questionnaire focused on four key areas and also allowed
opportunity for the Directors to give additional constructive feedback via a free text box. All results were collated electronically. A
non-attributable executive summary focusing on the key themes was prepared and used as the start of the one-to-one discussions
for the Chairman and the Directors and the Chairman gave initial feedback to the Board on the key findings and how the subsequent
action plan should be managed and reviewed.
Corporate governance statement continued
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