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Board of Directors

Mike Lawrie 456
Chief Executive (56)
Mike joined the Board in November 2006. Mike was previously a general partner with ValueAct Capital. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Siebel Systems Inc. the international software and solutions company, from 2004 - 2005. Mike spent 27 years with IBM where he rose to become Senior Vice President and Group Executive with responsibility for sales and distribution of all IBM products and services worldwide. Previously at IBM he was the General Manger for all operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has also served on the US Advisory Board of NTT DoCoMo and as a Director of SSA Global, Inc, Symbol Technology, Inc. and Good Technology, Inc. Mike is the lead independent non-executive Director of Juniper Networks, Inc. and has recently been appointed as a Trustee of Drexel University, Philadelphia.

Sir Dominic Cadbury 2346
Chairman (69)
Sir Dominic Cadbury joined the Board as senior independent Director in May 2000 and held that role until November 2005 when he was appointed Chairman. He is acting Chairman of the Nomination Committee. Sir Dominic’s career was spent at Cadbury Schweppes, which he joined in 1964, being appointed to the Board in 1975, serving as Group Chief Executive from 1983 to 1993, then as Chairman until May 2000. He was Chairman of The Economist Group from 1993 to 2003. He retired as Chairman of the Wellcome Trust in April 2006. Sir Dominic is Chancellor of Birmingham University

Sir James Crosby 234
Non-executive Director and Chairman Designate (53)
Sir James Crosby joined the Board as a non-executive Director in January 2009. He was Chief Executive of HBOS plc from 2001-2006, and is currently senior independent Director of ITV plc, and Compass Group plc, and a Trustee of Cancer Research UK.

Al-Noor Ramji 1234
Non-executive Director (55)
Appointed a non-executive Director in February 2005. Al-Noor Ramji is Chief Executive Officer of BT Innovate & Design and Group CIO, BT plc. Prior to joining BT in 2004, he was Executive Vice President, CIO and Chief e-Commerce Officer at Qwest Communications. From 1996 to 2001 Al-Noor was Global CIO at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, prior to which he held a number of senior business positions in CSFB and UBS.

John King 1234
Non-executive Director (70)
Appointed a non-executive Director in November 2005. John is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He has over 30 years experience of the US healthcare industry, most recently as President and CEO of Legacy Health System until 1999. Prior to Legacy, John was President and CEO of Evangelical Health Systems (now Advocate Health Systems). He is a member of the American Hospital Association and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. John serves on the boards of the Center for Healthcare Governance, Pacific University and AHA Services, Inc.

John Ormerod 123456
Senior independent Director (60)
Appointed a non-executive Director in October 2005 and senior independent Director in November 2005. John Ormerod is Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is a chartered accountant and has over 30 years experience in professional practice. He is a non-executive Director of Gemalto NV, Computacenter plc and ITV plc. John is a Director of a number of private companies and is also a Director and Trustee of The Design Museum.

Jeff Ubben 4
Non-executive Director (48)
Appointed a non-executive Director in January 2007. Jeff Ubben is a co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Investment Officer of ValueAct Capital, a San Francisco based investment partnership. Prior to that, he was a Managing Partner at BLUM Capital Partners, a private investment partnership, and previously spent eight years at Fidelity Management and Research, where he managed the Fidelity Value Fund. Jeff is a Director of Sara Lee Corp., and Gartner Group, Inc. and previously served on the boards of Per-Se Technologies, Inc., and of Catalina Marketing Corp. He is a former Chairman and Director of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. and has served on a number of other public and private companies.

Philip Rowley 12345
Non-executive Director (56)
Appointed a non-executive Director in November 2008. Philip Rowley was Chairman and CEO of AOL Europe until February 2007. He is a qualified chartered accountant and was Group Finance Director of Kingfisher plc from 1998 to 2001. His previous roles included Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EMI Music Worldwide; and Chief Operating Officer and CFO of Golden Books Family Entertainment, the largest children’s book publisher in the US. He was also the co-founder of Tribeca Technologies, a New York-based technology company and a former non-executive Director of Tradus plc (previously QXL Ricardo plc) until its delisting in March 2008. He is a non-executive Director of HMV Group plc, and of ARM Holdings Plc, and is Chairman of Skinkers Limited and Livestation Limited.
Notes
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Member of the General Purposes Committee
- Member of the Treasury Committee
- Member of the Executive Committee
Membership Committees and ages are as at 28 July 2009
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