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  Maarten
  van den Bergh		     Matti Alahuhta     Clay Brendish     Eric Daniels
 
Non-executive directors   Non-executive directors   Non-executive directors   Non-executive directors
  Patricia Hewitt     Phil Hodkinson     Deborah Lathen     Carl Symon
Non-executive directors
 

Non-executive directors

Maarten van den Bergh
Deputy Chairmanb,c,d,f
Maarten van den Bergh was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2000. He was appointed Deputy Chairman on 1 October 2006. He chairs the Remuneration Committee and the Pension Scheme Performance Review Group. He is the senior independent director. He is chairman of Akzo Nobel Supervisory Board and a non-executive director of British Airways and Royal Dutch Shell, and former chairman of Lloyds TSB Group.
     Prior to his retirement in July 2000, Maarten was president of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and vice-chairman of its committee of managing directors from July 1998, having been appointed a managing director of the Royal Dutch Shell Group of companies in July 1992. A Dutch national, he is aged 66.

Matti Alahuhtac
Matti Alahuhta was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006. He has been president of Kone Corporation since 2005, president and CEO since 2006 and a director since 2003. He was formerly at Nokia Corporation for more than 20 years, where his most recent roles were executive vice-president and chief strategy officer, president mobile phones and president telecommunications.
     Matti is foundation board chairman of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), a non-executive director of UPM-Kymmene Corporation, a member of the Board of Helsinki University of Technology and chairman of the Centennial Foundation of the Finland Technology Industries. A Finnish national, he is aged 55.

Clayton Brendishb,d,e
Clay Brendish was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2002. He is non-executive chairman of Anite, Close Beacon Investment Fund and Echo Research and a non-executive director of Herald Investment Trust. He is also a trustee of Economist Newspapers and the Foundation for Liver Research. Prior to his retirement in May 2001, Clay was executive deputy chairman of CMG having joined the board when it acquired Admiral. Clay was co-founder and executive chairman of Admiral, incorporated in 1979. He also acted as an adviser to the Government on the efficiency of the Civil Service. Aged 61.

J Eric Danielsc,d
Eric Daniels was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2008. He has been group chief executive of Lloyds TSB Group since 2003 and a director since 2001, and was formerly group executive director, UK retail banking. He worked for Citibank from 1975 to 2000 becoming chief operating officer of Citibank’s consumer bank, then chairman and CEO of Travelers Life and Annuity following its merger with Citibank. After that, Eric was chairman and chief executive of Zona Financiera from 2000 to 2001 before joining Lloyds TSB Group. A US National, he is aged 56.

Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MPb,f
Patricia Hewitt was appointed to the Board on 24 March 2008. Labour MP for Leicester West, she was Secretary of State for Health from 2005 to 2007 and previously for Trade and Industry and Cabinet Minister for Women from 2001 to 2005. Before entering Parliament in 1997, she was director of research EMEA at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and deputy director of the Institute for Public Policy Research. Patricia is a senior adviser to Cinven and a special consultant to Alliance Boots. A British and Australian dual national, she is aged 59.

Phil Hodkinsonb,d,e,f
Phil Hodkinson was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006. He chairs the Audit Committee. A Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, he was formerly group finance director of HBOS, chairman of Insight Investment, Clerical Medical Investment Group, Halifax Financial Services and the HBOS Foundation, and previously chief executive of Zurich Life and Eagle Star Life.
     Phil is a non-executive director of Business in the Community and Travelex, and a trustee of Christian Aid. Aged 50.

Deborah Lathenc,e
Deborah Lathen was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2007. She is a US attorney and has been president of Lathen Consulting (which provides strategic, legal and management advice on policy and regulatory matters to senior executives of major US companies) since 2001. From 1998 to 2001 she worked at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as chief of the Cable Services Bureau where she was responsible for policy and regulation covering the cable, satellite TV and broadcast industries. Prior to joining the FCC, Deborah held roles as director of national consumer affairs and managing counsel at Nissan Motor Corporation USA and legal positions at TRW Financial Systems and the Quaker Oats Company. A US national, she is aged 55.

Carl G Symonb,c,g
Carl Symon was appointed to the Board on 14 January 2002, and was appointed chairman of the Equality of Access Board when it became operational on 1 November 2005. He retired from IBM in May 2001 after a 32-year career, during which he held senior executive positions in the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia and Europe, including chairman and chief executive officer of IBM UK.
     Carl is chairman of HMV Group and Clearswift Systems and a non-executive director of Rexam, and an advisory board member of Cross Atlantic Capital Partners. He was formerly a non-executive director of Rolls-Royce. A US national, he is aged 62.

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