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Knowledge and experience
Changes to the Board
In the financial year to 30 September 2015 and to the date of this report, there have been the following
changes to the Board of Directors:
Executive directors
Guy Berruyer CEO Retired 5 November 2014
Stephen Kelly CEO Appointed on 5 November 2014
The Sage Group plc | Annual Report & Accounts 2015
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Board of Directors
Donald Brydon (70) Stephen Kelly (53) Steve Hare (54) Ruth Markland (62)
Chairman Chief Executive Officer –
Executive Director
Chief Financial Officer –
Executive Director
Senior Independent
Non-executive Director
Appointed to the Board:
6 July 2012
Experience:
Donald had a 20 year career with
Barclays Group, during which
time he was Chairman and Chief
Executive of BZW Investment
Management, followed by
15 years with the AXA Group,
including the posts of Chairman
and Chief Executive of AXA
Investment Managers and
Chairman of AXA Framlington.
He has also recently chaired
the London Metal Exchange,
Amersham plc, Taylor Nelson
Sofres plc, the ifs School of
Finance, Smiths Group plc and
is a past Chairman of EveryChild.
Donald has also served as
Senior Independent Director of
Allied Domecq plc and Scoish
Power plc. On 19 June 2015 he
became a director of the London
Stock Exchange plc, becoming
Chairman of the Board on
1 July 2015. Donald was, until
1 September 2015, the Chairman
of Royal Mail plc.
Other current appointments:
– London Stock Exchange Plc –
Chairman
– Medical Research Council –
Chairman
Board Commiees:
– Nomination Commiee
(Chairman)
– Remuneration Commiee
Appointed to the Board:
5 November 2014
Experience:
Stephen has over 30 years’
leadership experience in the
Small & Medium Business
and technology sectors. He
has previously served as Chief
Executive Officer of two high-
growth, public soware
companies – NASDAQ listed
Chordiant Soware, Inc. from
2001 to 2005 and LSE listed Micro
Focus International plc from 2006
to 2010. In 2012 he was appointed
Chief Operating Officer for UK
Government where he was the
most senior executive responsible
for the UK Government’s
Efficiency & Reform agenda,
including Digital, Commercial,
IT andSmall & Medium
Businessstrategies.
Stephen has been an angel
investor and director in a number
of high growth start-ups
(including Deloie UK Technology
Fast 50 Award winners).
Appointed to the Board:
3 January 2014
Experience:
Prior to joining Sage, Steve was
Operating Partner and Co-Head of
the Portfolio Support Group at the
private equity firm Apax Partners,
which he joined in 2009. Before
his work at Apax Partners, he built
over 10 years’ experience leading
the finance function for three
listed UK companies culminating
as CFO for FTSE 100 company
Invensysplc from 2006 to 2009.
Between 2004 and 2006 Steve
was Group Finance Director for
Spectris plc, the FTSE 250
precision instrumentation and
controls company and from 1997
to 2003 he was with Marconi plc,
serving as CFO from 2001.
Steve qualified as a Chartered
Accountant in 1985 with
Ernst & Whinney, now part
of Ernst & Young.
Appointed to the Board:
13 September 2006
Experience:
Ruth has over 30 years’
experience of international
services businesses, and has
held a number of non-executive
director positions. She joined
Freshfields in 1977 and served
as Managing Partner of Asia at
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
from 1996 to 2003. She also
served as the Chairman of the
Board of Trustees at the WRVS
until November 2012.
Other current appointments:
– DeloieLLP –Independent
Non-executive board member
– Standard Chartered plc –
Senior Independent
Non-executive Director
– Arcadis NV – member
of the Supervisory Board
Board Commiees:
– Audit and Risk Commiee
– Nomination Commiee
– Remuneration Commiee