Non-Executive Directors and Advisers

Anthony Fry

Chairman (54)
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Appointed as a Non-executive Director in July 2007 and as Chairman on 1 January 2010. He is Senior Adviser of Evercore Partners in the firm’s London office. He has previously held senior appointments at Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse and the Rothschild Group in a career in merchant banking which has spanned more than 30 years. He is currently a non-executive director of Control Risks and the BBC Trust and has served on the boards of Mowlem, The British Standards Institution and Southern Water as well as numerous not-for-profit organisations.

Neil Monnery

Non-Executive Director (48)
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Appointed as a Non-executive Director in July 2007 and is the Group Strategy Director of WH Smith. He was previously Head of UK Consumer and Retail Practice at Boston Consulting Group and BCG’s European Corporate Development practice. He was also chairman of WH Smith News until 2006.

Andrew Carr-Locke

Non-Executive Director (56)
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Appointed as a Non-executive Director in August 2009. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants he is Executive Chairman of Countryside Properties plc. He has previously held senior finance positions at Courtaulds Textiles, Diageo, Bowater Scott and Kodak and was Group Finance Director at George Wimpey plc until 2007. He has previous held non-executive directorships at Royal Mail Holdings, Venture Production and AWG.

Carole Piwnica

Non-Executive Director (52)
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Appointed as a Non-executive Director in July 2007. A member of the Bars of New York and of Paris, and Managing Director of Naxos UK. She is a non-executive director of Aviva and Toepfer, as well as a member of Monsanto’s Sustainable Yield Advisory Council. Previous senior appointments include chairmanship of Amylum and vice chairmanship of Tate&Lyle.

Howard Mann O.B.E

Non-Executive Director (63)
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Appointed as a Non-executive Director in May 2003 and was President and Chief Executive of McCain Foods Limited, Toronto, Canada from May 1995 to May 2004. He previously held a number of senior positions with Rank Hovis McDougall and has held non-executive directorships with The Body Shop International plc, Endurance Speciality Insurance (USA) and Wild Group GmbH (Germany). He is non-executive chairman of Reconomy Holdings Limited.

Robin Miller

Company Secretary and General Counsel (39) ◊ Δ #

Appointed in April 2008. He is a solicitor having worked in private practice and in-house in both retail and international manufacturing, latterly with Gallaher Group Plc.

Board and main Committee meetings

The following Directors held office during the year. The number of Board and main Committee meetings attended by Board or appropriate Committee members in the year is shown in the table below. The numbers in brackets show the maximum number of meetings members could have attended in the period.