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9. Lord Broers, aged 67, joined the Board in January 1998 and is a member of the Audit
Committee and the Nominations and Governance Committee. He is President of the
Royal Academy of Engineering and a former Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.
He spent many years with IBM, in senior roles within the research and development
function, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Institute of Electrical Engineers and
the Institute of Physics. Lord Broers is also a Foreign Associate of the US National
Academy of Engineering, a trustee of the British Museum and Chairman of the House of
Lords Science and Technology Select Committee. He chairs The Vodafone Group
Foundation and the Company’s UK pension trustee company.
10. John Buchanan, aged 62, has been a member of the Board since April 2003. He is a
member of the Audit Committee and, solely for the purposes of relevant legislation, is
the Board’s appointed financial expert on that Committee. He retired from the board of
directors of BP Plc in 2002 after six years as Group Chief Financial Officer and executive
director following a wide-ranging career with the company. He was a member of the
United Kingdom Accounting Standards Board from 1997 to 2001. He is Chairman of
Smith & Nephew plc and a non-executive director of AstraZeneca PLC and BHP Billiton.
John Buchanan will succeed Paul Hazen as the Deputy Chairman and senior
independent director after the Company’s AGM on 25 July 2006.
11. Penny Hughes, aged 46, has been a member of the Board since September 1998
and is a member of the Audit Committee. She has particular expertise in marketing and
has developed experience in many human resource areas, including leadership
development, motivation and retention. She is President of the Advertising Association,
a member of the advisory committee of Bridgepoint Capital Limited and a non-executive
director of Reuters Group PLC, Scandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB and The Gap, Inc.
Penny Hughes was President of Coca-Cola Great Britain and Ireland, and has been a non-
executive director of Next Plc, Trinity Mirror Plc and The Body Shop Plc. She will retire
from the Board after the Company’s AGM on 25 July 2006.
12. Anne Lauvergeon, aged 46, joined the Board in November 2005 and is a member
of the Audit Committee. She is Chairman of the Executive Board of AREVA, the leading
French energy company, having been appointed to that role in July 2001. She started
her professional career in 1983 in the iron and steel industry and in 1990 she was
named Adviser for Economic International Affairs at the French Presidency and Deputy
Chief of its Staff in 1991. In 1995, she became a Partner of Lazard Frères & Cie,
subsequently joining Alcatel Telecom as Senior Executive Vice President in March 1997.
She was responsible for international activities and the Group’s industrial shareholdings
in the energy and nuclear fields. In 1999, she was appointed Chairman and CEO of
COGEMA. Anne Lauvergeon is currently also Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
Safran and a non-executive director of Total and Suez.
13. Professor Jürgen Schrempp, aged 61, has been a member of the Board since May
2000 and is a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations and
Governance Committee. He is former Chairman of the Board of Management of
DaimlerChrysler and one of the principal architects of Daimler-Benz’s merger with
Chrysler in 1998. He became Chairman of Daimler-Benz in 1995. He is a non-executive
director of the South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation (SASOL) and Compagnie
Financière Richemont SA, Switzerland. Professor Schrempp is Chairman Emeritus of the
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS. He has received numerous awards and has also
been recognised for his civic leadership and charitable contributions. Amongst other
distinctions, he is Commander of the French Legion of Honor and holds South Africa’s
highest civilian award, the Order of Good Hope, conferred upon him by President Nelson
Mandela.
14. Luc Vandevelde, aged 55, joined the Board in September 2003 and is Chairman of
the Remuneration Committee. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Carrefour SA
and a director of Société Générale. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Change
Capital Partners LLP, a private equity fund. Luc Vandevelde was formerly Chairman of
Marks & Spencer Group Plc and Chief Executive Officer of Promodes, and he has held
senior European and international roles with Kraft General Foods.
15. Philip Yea, aged 51, became a member of the Board in September 2005 and is a
member of the Remuneration Committee. He is the Chief Executive Officer of 3i Group
plc, having been appointed to that role in July 2004. Prior to joining 3i, he was Managing
Director of Investcorp and, from 1997 to 1999, the Group Finance Director of Diageo plc
following the merger of Guinness plc, where he was Finance Director, and Grand
Metropolitan plc. He has previously held non-executive roles at HBOS plc and
Manchester United plc.
Appointed since 31 March 2006
Anthony Watson, aged 61, was appointed to the Board on 1 May 2006, having retired
from his role as Chief Executive of Hermes Pensions Management Limited, a position he
had held since 2002. Previously he was Hermes’ Chief Investment Officer, having been
Managing Director of AMP Asset Management and the Chief International Investment
Officer of Citicorp Investment Management from 1991 until joining Hermes in 1998. He
is Chairman of Marks & Spencer Pension Trust Ltd, the Strategic Investment Board in
Northern Ireland and also a non-executive director of Hammerson Group Plc and Witan
Investment Trust Plc.
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