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Our Board continued
Independent non-executive directors
Penny Hughes, CBE (age 53)
Date of appointment: 1 January 2010
Previously a director and chairman of the Remuneration
Committee of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and a
non-executive director of Home Retail Group plc and
chairman of its Remuneration Committee. She spent the
majority of her executive career at Coca-Cola where she
held a number of leadership positions, latterly as
President, Coca-Cola Great Britain and Ireland. Former
non-executive directorships include Vodafone Group plc,
Reuters Group PLC, Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc
and The Gap Inc.
External appointments
x Non-executive director, chair of corporate
compliance and responsibility committee
and member of audit, nomination and
remuneration committees of Wm Morrison
Supermarkets plc
x Trustee of the British Museum
Board Committee membership
x Group Performance and Remuneration
Committee (Chair)
x Group Nominations Committee
Joe MacHale (age 61)
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 and former Trustee of MacMillan Cancer
Support. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants.
External appointments
x Chairman of Prytania Holdings LLP
x Chairman of the Brendoncare Foundation
x Non-executive director of Huntsworth plc
Board Committee membership
x Board Risk Committee
x Group Nominations Committee
Brendan Nelson (age 63)
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
x Non-executive director and chairman of
the audit committee of BP plc
x Board member of Financial Skills
Partnership
x Member of the Financial Reporting Review
Panel
x Deputy President of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Scotland
Board Committee membership
x Group Audit Committee (Chair)
x Board Risk Committee
x Group Nominations Committee
Baroness Noakes, DBE (age 63)
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
x Non-executive director and chairman of
audit committee of Severn Trent plc
x Deputy chairman and senior independent
director and chairman of the nominations
committee of Carpetright plc
x Trustee of the Thomson Reuters Founders
Share Company Ltd
Board Committee membership
x Board Risk Committee
x Group Audit Committee
x Group Nominations Committee