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BORD MEMBERS’ BIOGRAPHYMr. José Antonio Tazón García(Independent <strong>Board</strong> member and Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong>)Born on March 25, 1943.Mr. Tazón is a telecommunications engineering graduate andhas a degree in computer science from <strong>the</strong> UniversidadPolitécnica de Madrid. He was President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer <strong>of</strong> Amadeus between October 1990 and December 2008.He has also been a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> ExpediaInc. since March 2009 (online reservation portal that trades on<strong>the</strong> Nasdaq <strong>of</strong> New York). In addition, he is also member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Permanent Commission <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tourism <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CEOE since March 2011.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on December 2, 2008 <strong>of</strong> which heis <strong>the</strong> Chairman since 1 January 2009.Dame Clara Furse(Independent <strong>Board</strong> member)Born on September 16, 1957.Dame Clara Furse joined <strong>the</strong> Bank <strong>of</strong> England’s FinancialPolicy Committee (FPC) in April 2013, following <strong>the</strong>enactment <strong>of</strong> legislation to create new regulatoryarchitecture that established <strong>the</strong> statutory FPC as <strong>the</strong>committee responsible for <strong>the</strong> UK’s macro-prudentialpolicy. She is also a non-executive Director <strong>of</strong> NomuraHoldings Inc., Amadeus IT Holding S.A., and <strong>the</strong> UK’sDepartment for Work and Pensions, where she is Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> AuditCommittee. She is a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Panel <strong>of</strong> Senior Advisors to Chatham Houseand recently chaired <strong>the</strong> Lead Expert Group <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> UK Government’s Office forScience Foresight Project on <strong>the</strong> future <strong>of</strong> computer trading in financial markets.She was Chief Executive <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> London Stock Exchange Group from January2001 to May 2009. During this period she was also a non-executive Director <strong>of</strong>Euroclear plc, LCH Clearnet Group Ltd., Fortis and a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ShanghaiInternational Financial Advisory Council. From 2009 to 2013 she was a nonexecutiveDirector <strong>of</strong> Legal & General Group.Prior to joining <strong>the</strong> Exchange, Dame Clara was Group Chief Executive <strong>of</strong> CreditLyonnais Rouse from 1998 to 2000. Before that she spent 15 years at UBS.


Dame Clara's career has spanned a broad range <strong>of</strong> global financial markets.She began her career in 1979 as a broker, joining Phillips and Drew in 1983. AtUBS she became a Managing Director in 1995 and Global Head <strong>of</strong> Futures in1996. During <strong>the</strong> 1990s she also served as a non-executive Director, CommitteeChairman and Deputy Chairman <strong>of</strong> LIFFE, <strong>the</strong> UK’s first financial futuresexchange.Dame Clara was educated at schools in Colombia, Denmark and Britain, andreceived her BSc (Econ.) from <strong>the</strong> London School <strong>of</strong> Economics in 1979. Shespeaks several European languages and lives in North Wales and London withher husband and three children. She has achieved a number <strong>of</strong> firsts and won anumber <strong>of</strong> awards during her career, including being named in <strong>the</strong> TIME 100 in2007.In 2008 Dame Clara was made a Dame Commander <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> British Empire for hercontribution to <strong>the</strong> Financial Services industry.She joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on April 29, 2010.Mr. Bernard Bourigeaud(Independent <strong>Board</strong> member)Born on March 20, 1944.Mr. Bourigeaud graduated in economics and social sciencesfrom <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Bordeaux and qualified as a charteredaccountant at <strong>the</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Chartered Accountants in France.He is a successful serial entrepreneur with extensive financialand operational experience including restructuring, bolt-onacquisitions and building global businesses – <strong>the</strong> largest wasAtos Origin, a leading global IT services company with morethan 50,000 employees worldwide, which Mr. Bourigeaudfounded. Mr. Bourigeaud has worked for <strong>the</strong> French bank CIC,Price Waterhouse and Continental Grain. He also spent 11 years with Deloitte asManaging Partner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> French operations. In January 2008, he established hisown CEO to CEO consultancy business under <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> BJB Consulting. Mr.Bourigeaud is a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Investment Banking & Capital Markets SeniorAdvisory <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> Jefferies International, a global securities and investmentbanking group. He is also non-executive Chairman <strong>of</strong> Oberthur TechnologiesHolding -active in <strong>the</strong> Telecoms, Payment, Identity, Transport and Digital TVmarkets- and non-executive Vice-Chairman <strong>of</strong> Oberthur Technologies, S.A.. Inaddition, he is a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Governing <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> International ParalympicsCommittee and an independent director <strong>of</strong> CGI Group Inc. in Canada - a leadingprovider <strong>of</strong> technology and business process services with headquarters inMontreal. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, he is also President <strong>of</strong> CEPS (Centre d'Etude etProspective Stratégique), an independent and multidisciplinary think tank based


in France, Affiliate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at HEC School <strong>of</strong> Management in Paris and amember <strong>of</strong> HEC’s International Advisory <strong>Board</strong> and operating partner withAdvent International. Mr. Bourigeaud was appointed Chevalier de la Légiond’Honneur in 2004.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on May 6, 2010.Mr. Guillermo de la Dehesa Romero(Independent <strong>Board</strong> member and Vice-Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong>)Born on July 9, 1941.Mr. de la Dehesa Romero is a graduate in law from Madrid’sComplutense University. In addition to his law degree, he alsostudied economics and became a Spanish governmenteconomist (TCE) in 1968. In 1975, Mr. de la Dehesa Romeroassumed <strong>the</strong> role as Director General at <strong>the</strong> Spanish Ministry <strong>of</strong>Foreign Trade, before moving to <strong>the</strong> Spanish Ministry <strong>of</strong>Industry & Energy to assume <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> Secretary General. In1980, Mr. de la Dehesa Romero was appointed ManagingDirector <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bank <strong>of</strong> Spain. He <strong>the</strong>n left <strong>the</strong> Central Bank toassume a role with <strong>the</strong> Spanish Government and was appointed Secretary <strong>of</strong>State for Finance at <strong>the</strong> Spanish Ministry <strong>of</strong> Economy and Finance, where hewas also a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> EEC ECOFIN. Mr. de la Dehesa Romero is a member<strong>of</strong> several renowned international corporate groups and has been both anindependent director and an Executive Committee member at Banco Santandersince 2002. Mr. de la Dehesa Romero has served on <strong>the</strong> board <strong>of</strong> Camp<strong>of</strong>ríoFood Group since 1997, he is Chairman <strong>of</strong> Aviva Corporation, an internationalinsurance company, since 2002 and independent director <strong>of</strong> Grupo EmpresarialSan José, S.A. since August 2012. He has also acted as an International Advisorfor Goldman Sachs since 1988.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on April 29, 2010.


Mr. David Webster(Independent <strong>Board</strong> member)Born on February 11, 1945.Mr. Webster is a graduate in law from <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong>Glasgow and qualified as a solicitor in 1968. He began hiscareer in finance as a manager <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> corporate financedivision at Samuel Montagu & Co Ltd. During 1973 to 1976,as finance director, he developed Oriel Foods. In 1977, heco-founded Safeway (formerly Argyll Group), a FTSE 100company, <strong>of</strong> which he was finance director and latterly, from1997 to 2004, Executive Chairman. He was a non-executivedirector <strong>of</strong> Reed International plc. from 1992, Reed Elsevierplc. and Elsevier NV from 1999 and Chairman <strong>of</strong> Reed Elsevier 1998/1999,retiring from all three boards in 2002. He has been a director in numerousbusiness sectors and has a wide range <strong>of</strong> experience in <strong>the</strong> hotel industry inparticular. He was <strong>the</strong> non-executive Chairman <strong>of</strong> Intercontinental Hotels Groupplc until 31 December 2012. Currentlyhe is non-executive Chairman <strong>of</strong> MakinsonCowell Limited, a non-executive director <strong>of</strong> Temple Bar Investment Trust plc anda member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> appeals committee <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Panel on Takeovers and Mergers inLondon.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on May 6, 2010.Mr. Pierre-Henri Gourgeon(<strong>Board</strong> member) )Born on April 28, 1946. Mr. Gourgeon holds a degree inengineering from <strong>the</strong> École Polytechnique de Paris and <strong>the</strong> ÉcoleNationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique and holds a master <strong>of</strong>science degree from <strong>the</strong> Californian Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology inPasadena. He has held various positions as an engineer for <strong>the</strong>French Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defence, in <strong>the</strong> technical and aeronauticalproduction departments. He was Director General <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> FrenchCivil Aviation Authorities between 1990 and 1993 prior to joining<strong>the</strong> Air France Group in 1993. Mr. Gourgeon has occupied various positionswithin Air France since 1998, becoming <strong>the</strong> Chief Executive Officer <strong>of</strong> Air France-KLM until October 2011, date in which he leaves all his seats in <strong>the</strong> Group AirFrance KLM. Nowadays, he is member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> GroupeSteria, French IT business services entity for private and public sector. Inaddition he is President <strong>of</strong> his own Firm PHGOURGEON, through which hedevelops his own pr<strong>of</strong>essional consultancy activity.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on December 29, 2005.


Mr. Christian Boireau(<strong>Board</strong> member representing Société Air France)Born on July 9, 1950.Mr. Boireau is a graduate in engineering from <strong>the</strong> ÉcolePolytechnique and <strong>the</strong> École Nationale des Ponts et Chausséesand holds a degree in economics from <strong>the</strong> Université ParisAssas. He held various positions <strong>of</strong> responsibility at Air France,including Executive Vice President, Passenger GeneralManagement and Executive Vice President <strong>of</strong> CorporateDevelopment, Air Inter. Currently, he is Executive VicePresident in charge <strong>of</strong> French Sales at Air France Group andChairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Supervisory <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> Transavia France an affiliate <strong>of</strong> Air France(60%) and Transavia-Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands (40%) based in Paris and specializing inleisure travel).He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on December 29, 2005.Mr. Stuart Anderson McAlpine(Independent <strong>Board</strong> Member)Born on October 8, 1966.Mr. McAlpine holds a degree in accounting from GlasgowUniversity. He worked for Ernst & Young, in both Boston andLondon. Subsequently, he worked for <strong>the</strong> Royal Bank <strong>of</strong>Scotland in <strong>the</strong>ir Leveraged Finance Group. Currently, he is apartner at Cinven, having joined <strong>the</strong> firm in 1996, where he is amember <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Healthcare and Business Services sector teams.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on February 21, 2005.Mr. Francesco Loredan(Independent <strong>Board</strong> member)Born on September 7, 1958.Mr. Loredan is a graduate in economics from <strong>the</strong> London School<strong>of</strong> Economics and holds an MBA from INSEAD. He worked as acredit <strong>of</strong>ficer in <strong>the</strong> corporate finance department <strong>of</strong> Bank <strong>of</strong>America-BAI in Milan for three years. He joined BC Partners in1989, where he is currently a managing partner and co-chairman,after four years with <strong>the</strong> Boston Consulting Group in Paris, where


he managed projects in France and Italy.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on February 21, 2005.Mr. Enrique Dupuy de Lôme(<strong>Board</strong> member representing Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A.)Born on March 24, 1957.He holds a degree in Mining Engineering from <strong>the</strong> UniversidadPolitécnica de Madrid. He earned an MBA from IESE and aMasters in European Communities from <strong>the</strong> CEU. He has beenChairman and member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Finance Committee <strong>of</strong> IATA. Hehas also held various positions at <strong>the</strong> Instituto Nacional deIndustria (INI). He has been CFO <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Iberia Group since 1996,with various responsibilities in <strong>the</strong> area <strong>of</strong> Investments, Procurement and <strong>Investor</strong>Relations. In June 2006 he assumed executive responsibilities in <strong>the</strong> CorporateStrategy area as Senior Vice Chairman <strong>of</strong> Iberia. He is also a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Supervisory <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mapfre Empresas, Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros,S.A. (an advisory board that does not form part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> corporate bodies, i.e. it isnot a <strong>Board</strong> Committee, and advises <strong>the</strong> company on matters affecting LargeCorporations on <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> risk coverage).Effective January 2011, Mr. Dupuy is <strong>the</strong> CFO <strong>of</strong> International ConsolidatedAirlines Group, S.A. -IAG- (Holding Company <strong>of</strong> Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España,S. A. and British Airways Plc. after <strong>the</strong>ir integration process) and a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><strong>Board</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Iberia and British Airways companies.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on April 8, 2005.Dr. Roland Busch(<strong>Board</strong> member representing Malta Pension Investments)Born on August 17, 1963.Dr. Busch is a graduate in business administration at <strong>the</strong>University <strong>of</strong> Münster and achieved his doctorate in politicalscience in 1992.He joined Deutsche Lufthansa AG in April 1991. InSeptember 1995, Dr. Busch was appointed executiveassistant to <strong>the</strong> CEO <strong>of</strong> Lufthansa Group. In January 1998was appointed Managing Director <strong>of</strong> Lido GmbH LufthansaAeronautical Services, a company spin-<strong>of</strong>f from <strong>the</strong>Lufthansa Group. He was in charge <strong>of</strong> Corporate Audit atLufthansa and in March 2004 he took over <strong>the</strong> Corporate Finance Department,


where he was responsible for corporate finance, treasury, financial planning,payment transactions and worldwide fuel management. In June 2006 RolandBusch joined <strong>the</strong> Lufthansa Cargo Executive <strong>Board</strong> and was responsible for <strong>the</strong>areas Finance and Human Resources.Since 1st June 2009, Dr. Roland Busch is a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lufthansa GermanAirlines <strong>Board</strong>, <strong>the</strong> core business unit within <strong>the</strong> parent company, DeutscheLufthansa AG. His area <strong>of</strong> responsibility within <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> is “Finance &Information Management”, which includes <strong>the</strong> areas Controlling, Procurement,Business Development and Information Management.Roland Busch is moving to SWISS and will assume <strong>the</strong> position <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ChiefFinancial Officer on 1st July 2013.He is Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Supervisory <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lufthansa CityLine GmbH, Member<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Supervisory <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lufthansa Leasing GmbH (LLG), Member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> Lufthansa Pension Trust e.V. and Member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Investment <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong>Lufthansa Malta Pension Holding Ltd.He joined <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Directors</strong> <strong>of</strong> Amadeus on 20 June 2013 (effective 1 st July2013) by cooptation method.

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