REUTERS GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 1999

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Board of Directors1 2 34 567 8Non-executive Directors1 Sir Christopher Hogg(1984, Chairman 1985)Chairman of Allied Domecq PLC since April1996. Director of SmithKline Beecham plc andmember of the International Council of J.P.Morgan. Former Chairman of Courtaulds PLC1980-1996 (Chief Executive 1979-1991); formerdirector of the Bank of England 1992-1996.Age 63.2 Robert (Bob) Bauman (1994)Former Chairman of BTR plc (May 1998-February 1999) and former Chairman of BritishAerospace plc (1994-May 1998). Former ChiefExecutive of SmithKline Beecham plc (1989-1994). Director of Invensys plc, Union PacificCorporation, CIGNA Corporation, HathawayHoldings, Inc, Morgan Stanley Dean Witterand Russell Reynolds Associates. Age 68.3 Sir John Craven (1997)Former member of the Board of ManagingDirectors of Deutsche Bank AG and formerChairman of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell plc(1989-1997) and former non-executive directorof Rothmans International B.V. Chairman ofLonmin Plc. Age 59.4 Dennis Malamatinas (2000)Chief Executive Officer of Burger KingCorporation since 1997 and a director ofDiageo plc since 1998. Age 44.5 Roberto Mendoza (1998)Vice Chairman and a director of J.P. Morgan &Co Inc. He joined J.P. Morgan in 1967 and wasassigned to London early in his career. He leftin 1972 to pursue graduate studies, returningto the firm’s New York office in 1975 to work ininternational corporate finance. Age 54.6 Richard (Dick) Olver (1997)A group managing director of BP Amoco plcand CEO, Exploration and Production.Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.A governor of New Hall School. Age 53.7 Charles Sinclair (1994)Group Chief Executive of Daily Mail andGeneral Trust plc. A director of EuromoneyInstitutional Investor PLC and Schroders PublicLimited Company. Age 51.8 Sir David Walker (1994)Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley DeanWitter (Europe), Chairman of Morgan StanleyInternational Inc. and a member of theManagement Committee of the Board ofMorgan Stanley Dean Witter in New York.Former Deputy Chairman of Lloyds Bank plc,former Chairman of the Securities andInvestments Board and former director of theBank of England. Age 60.16 Reuters Group PLC Annual Report 1999
FOR DIRECTORS’REMUNERATION SEE PAGE 25Executive Directors9 Peter Job (1988)Chief Executive since 1991. Joined Reuters asa journalist in 1963. From 1971 he worked todevelop the company’s business in LatinAmerica, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.From 1978 until 1991 he headed thecompany’s business in Asia. Non-executivedirector Schroders Public Limited Companyand Glaxo Wellcome plc. Former nonexecutivedirector Diageo plc. Age 58.10 Philip Green (2000)Executive Director and Chief Executive ofReuters Trading Solutions. He joined Reutersin September 1999 after being ChiefOperating Officer, Europe and Africa, at DHLInternational, based in Brussels. He joinedDHL in 1990 as Regional Director, NorthernEurope having previously worked in both theUK and US. Age 46.11 Jean-Claude Marchand (1996)Executive Director, Group Marketing Directorand Chairman of Reuters Information.Managing Director, Continental Europe since1989, with Middle East and Africa since 1995.Joined Reuters in 1971 as a sales executiveand became Sales and Marketing Manager,Asia in 1978. A Swiss national, he has heldsenior management positions in Europe since1979. Age 53.12 John Parcell (1996)Was Executive Director of Reuters Group PLCand Chief Executive of Reuters Informationdivision throughout 1999. He left the board inJanuary 2000.13 Robert (Rob) Rowley (1989)Chief Executive of Reuterspace division.Finance Director since 1990. Joined Reuters in1978, taking financial responsibility for Europein 1981. He became Joint Company Secretaryin 1988, Group Financial Controller in 1989,and Company Secretary from 1991 to 1993.Responsible for new business informationproducts, media and new business venturessince 1996. Non-executive director Prudentialplc since July 1999. Age 50.14 David Ure (1988)Executive Director responsible for grouptechnical strategy. Designated non-executiveChairman of the joint venturetelecommunications network company to beformed in 2000 by Reuters and Equant NV.Also responsible for Reuters Trading Systemsdivision until February 2000. From 1992 to1998, he was responsible for group marketingand technical policy. Before that he headedReuters operations in Europe, Middle East andAfrica. He joined the company in 1968 as atrainee journalist. Non-executive director ofWoolwich PLC from 1998. Age 52.15 André Villeneuve (1988)Was Executive Director of Strategic Planningthroughout 1999. He is Chairman of InstinetCorporation. He left the board in February2000.Group Executive CommitteePeter Job (Chair), Philip Green,Jean-Claude Marchand, Rob Rowley,David Ure, André Villeneuve, Tom Glocer(Chief Executive, Reuters Information),Stephen Mitchell (General Counsel),Geoffrey Weetman (Director of HumanResources) and Rosemary Martin (Secretary).910 11 1213 14 15Reuters Group PLC Annual Report 1999 17
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