Sir Winfried Bischoff: Chairman |
| Joined the board and was appointed chairman on 15 September 2009. Previously chairman of Citigroup Inc. from December 2007 to February 2009. He joined J Henry Schroder & Co in January 1966 and became Managing Director of Schroders Asia in 1971, Group Chief Executive of Schroders Plc in 1984 and Chairman in 1995. Following the acquisition of Schroders’ investment banking business by Citigroup in 2000 became chairman of Citigroup Europe before being appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup in 2007 and subsequent chairman in the same year. A non-executive director of Eli Lilly and Company, and The McGraw Hill Companies Inc. in the United States, and Chairman of the UK Career Academy Foundation. A member of the Akbank International advisory board. Aged 68. |
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Lord Leitch: Deputy Chairman |
 | Joined the board in 2005 and was appointed deputy chairman in May 2009. Appointed chairman of Scottish Widows in 2007. Held a number of senior and general management appointments in Allied Dunbar, Eagle Star and Threadneedle Asset Management before the merger of Zurich Group and British American Tobacco's financial services businesses in 1998. Subsequently served as chairman and chief executive officer of Zurich Financial Services United Kingdom, Ireland, Southern Africa and Asia Pacific, until his retirement in 2004. Chairman of the Government's Review of Skills (published in December 2006) and deputy chairman of the Commonwealth Education Fund. Chairman of BUPA and Intrinsic Financial Services and a non-executive director of Paternoster. Former chairman of the National Employment Panel. Aged 62. |
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Wolfgang C G Berndt |
| Joined the board in 2003. Joined Procter and Gamble in 1967 and held a number of senior and general management appointments in Europe, South America and North America, before retiring in 2001. A non-executive director of Cadbury, GfK AG and MIBA AG. Aged 67. |
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Sir Julian Horn-Smith |
| Joined the board in 2005. Held a number of senior and general management appointments in Vodafone from 1984 to 2006 including a directorship of that company from 1996, group chief operating officer from 2001 and deputy chief executive officer from 2005. Previously held positions in Philips from 1978 to 1982 and Mars GB from 1982 to 1984. A non-executive director of De La Rue, Digicel Group and Emobile (Japan), a director of Sky Malta, a member of the Altimo International advisory board and a senior adviser to UBS and CVC Capital Partners in relation to the global telecommunications sector. Pro vice-chancellor of University of Bath. A former chairman of The Sage Group. Aged 61. |
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Glen R Moreno |
| Chairman of Pearson, the media group, since October 2005. He is a director of Fidelity International, one of the world's largest fund management companies, and chairman of its Audit Committee. From 1987 to 1991 he was chief executive of Fidelity International. Until mid 2009, he was a non-executive director and senior independent director of Man Group, the FTSE 100 financial services group, and acting chairman of UKFI. He was a group executive at Citigroup; from 1969 to 1987 he held a number of senior positions at the bank in Europe and Asia. Aged 66. |
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David L Roberts |
| | Executive Director, member of the Group Executive Committee and chief executive, International Retail and Commercial Banking at Barclays until December 2006. He joined Barclays in 1983 and held various senior management positions, including chief executive, Personal Financial Services and chief executive, Business Banking. He was also a non-executive director of BAA until June 2006 and a non-executive director of Absa Group Limited, one of South Africa's largest financial services groups, until October 2006. From 2007 to 2009 he was also the Chairman and chief executive of BAWAG P.S.K. AG, the second largest retail bank in Austria. He is currently a member of the strategy board for Henley Business School, non-executive chairman of The Mind Gym and a non-executive director of Campion Willcocks. Aged 47. |
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T Timothy Ryan, Jr |
 | Joined the board on 1 March 2009. President and chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Held a number of senior appointments in JP Morgan Chase from 1993 to 2008 including vice chairman, financial institutions and governments, from 2005. A director of the US-Japan Foundation, Great-West Life Annuity Insurance Co. and Putnam Investments and a member of the Global Markets Advisory Committee for the National Intelliegence Council. A former director in the Office of Thrift Supervison, US Department of the Treasury and Koram Bank and the International Foundation of Election Systems. Aged 64. |
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Martin A Scicluna |
 | Joined the board in September 2008. Chairman of Deloitte UK from 1995 to 2007 and a member of the board from 1991 to 2007. Joined the firm in 1973 and was a partner from 1982 until he retired in 2008. A member of the board of directors of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from 1999 to 2007. Chairman of Great Portland Estates. A member of the council of Leeds University and a governor of Berkhamsted School. Aged 59. |
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Anthony Watson CBE |

| Joined the board on 2 April 2009. Previously chief executive of Hermes Pensions Management. Held a number of senior appointments in AMP Asset Management from 1991 to 1998. A non-executive director of Hammerson, Vodafone and Witan Investment Trust, a member of the Norges Bank Investment Management advisory board and chairman of Marks and Spencer Pension Trust, Asian Infrastructure Fund and Lincoln's Inn investment committee. A former chairman of MEPC and of the Strategic Investment Board (Northern Ireland) and a former member of the Financial Reporting Council. Aged 65. |