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Independent non-executive directors
Joe MacHale (age 60)
Date of appointment: 1 September 2004
Held a number of senior executive positions with J.P.
Morgan between 1979 and 2001 and was latterly chief
executive of J P Morgan Europe, Middle East and Africa
Region. Previously held non-executive roles at The
Morgan Crucible Company plc and Brit Insurance
Holdings plc. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants.
External appointments
xTrustee of MacMillan Cancer Support
xChairman of Prytania Holdings LLP
Board Committee membership
xBoard Risk Committee
xGroup Nominations Committee
John McFarlane (age 64)
Date of appointment: 1 October 2008
Former chief executive officer of Australia and New
Zealand Banking Group Limited. Previously he was a
group executive director of Standard Chartered and head
of Citicorp/Citibank in the UK and Ireland. Former
president of the International Monetary Conference and
aformer chairman of the Australian Bankers Association
and has previously served as a director of the London
Stock Exchange and a member of the Auditing Practices
Board.
External appointments
xNon-executive director of Westfield
Holdings Limited
xDeputy chairman and chairman designate
of Aviva plc
Board Committee membership
xGroup Nominations Committee
xGroup Remuneration Committee
Brendan Nelson (age 62)
Date of appointment: 1 April 2010
Former global chairman, financial services for KPMG.
Previously held senior leadership roles within KPMG
including as a member of the KPMG UK board from
1999 to 2006 and as vice chairman from 2006. Chairman
of the Audit Committee of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Scotland from 2005 to 2008.
External appointments
xNon-executive director and chairman of
the Audit Committee of BP plc
xBoard member of Financial Skills
Partnership
xMember of the Financial Reporting Review
Panel
xVice President of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Scotland
Board Committee membership
xGroup Audit Committee (Chair)
xBoard Risk Committee
xGroup Nominations Committee
Baroness Noakes, DBE (age 62)
Date of appointment: 1 August 2011
An experienced director on UK listed company boards
with extensive and varied political and public sector
experience. A qualified chartered accountant, she
previously headed KPMG’s European and International
Government practices and has been President of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales. She was appointed to the House of Lords in 2000
and has served on the Conservative front bench in
various roles including as shadow treasury minister
between 2003 and May 2010. Previously held non-
executive roles on the Court of the Bank of England,
Hanson, ICI, John Laing and SThree.
External appointments
xNon-executive director and chairman of
Audit Committee of Severn Trent plc
xSenior independent director and chairman
of Audit and Nominations Committees of
Carpetright plc
xTrustee of the Thomson Reuters Founders
Share Company Ltd
Board Committee membership
xGroup Audit Committee
xGroup Nominations Committee