Annual report 2010 - Imperial Tobacco Group

5. Pierre Jungels, CBE (HON), PHD, C ENGSenior Independent Non-Executive Director, 66Appointed Non-Executive Director in August 2002.Chairman of the Remuneration Committee;Member of the Nominations Committee and theAudit Committee.Pierre has held numerous senior internationalpositions within the oil industry with ShellInternational, Petrofina SA and British Gas PLC.He became CEO of Enterprise Oil in 1996, leadingthe business to substantial geographic andfinancial growth until retirement in November 2001.Chairman of Oxford Catalyst Group PLC, Directorof Baker Hughes Inc., Chairman of RockhopperExploration PLC and a Non-Executive Directorof Woodside Petroleum Ltd.6. Ken Burnett, MA, MBA, PHD, M Inst MNon-Executive Director, 58Appointed Non-Executive Director in April 2006.Nominations Committee.Ken is an independent management consultantand a co-founder and Director of K-Energy, analternative energy company. He was President,Asia Pacific of Allied Domecq from 1996 until itsacquisition by Pernod Ricard in 2005. Prior tojoining Allied Domecq, he held senior managementpositions in the Asia Pacific region with Seagram,Interbrew and International Distillers & Vintners Ltd(now part of Diageo plc).Director of K-Energy Pty Limited.7. Michael Herlihy, MA (Oxon), SolicitorNon-Executive Director, 57Appointed Non-Executive Director in July 2007.Nominations Committee, Audit Committee andRemuneration Committee.Michael was formerly General Counsel and Headof Mergers and Acquisitions for ICI PLC withoverall responsibility for corporate acquisitions anddivestments and has extensive experience of bothprivate and public market transactions.Serves on the Board of Compass PartnersInternational LLP and is currently General Counselfor Smiths Group plc.8. Susan MurrayNon-Executive Director, 53Appointed Non-Executive Director inDecember 2004.Nominations Committee, Audit Committee andRemuneration Committee.Susan was a Board member at LittlewoodsLimited from October 1998 until January 2004,latterly as Chief Executive of Littlewoods StoresLimited. Prior to this she was worldwide Presidentand Chief Executive of The Pierre SmirnoffCompany, a part of Diageo plc. Susan is also aformer Non-Executive Director of SSL Internationalplc, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, WmMorrison Supermarkets plc and a former councilmember of the Advertising Standards Authority.Non-Executive Chairman of Farrow & Ball andNon-Executive Director of Compass Group PLCand Enterprise Inns Plc. Also fellow of the RoyalSociety of Arts.9. Berge SetrakianNon-Executive Director, 61Appointed Non-Executive Director in June 2008.Nominations Committee.Berge is a senior partner in the law firm Dewey& LeBoeuf LLP and has extensive expertise ininternational transactions. He was a Non-ExecutiveDirector of Altadis, S.A. having been appointed inMay 2004 and was a Non-Executive Director ofInvestcom, a telecommunications company whichwas acquired in 2006 by MTN, a Johannesburgbasedcompany. Berge is currently the ExecutiveChairman and CEO of AGBU, the largestphilanthropic Armenian organisation in the world.He also serves as a Non-Executive Director onvarious not-for-profit organisations.Non-Executive Director of Interaudi Bank of NewYork, Executive Chairman and CEO of AGBU,Non-Executive Director of The Morganti Group, Inc.10. Mark Williamson, CA (SA)Non-Executive Director, 52Appointed Non-Executive Director in July 2007.Chairman of Audit Committee;Member of the Nominations Committeeand Remuneration Committee.Mark has considerable international financialand general management experience. He joinedInternational Power in 2000 as Group FinancialController and was appointed to the Board asChief Financial Officer in 2003. Previously, hewas Group Financial Controller and Group ChiefAccountant at Simon Group, the engineering andbulk chemicals storage group.Serves on the Board of International Power plc.11. Matthew Phillips, LLBGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary to 30September 2010; Group Corporate & LegalAffairs Director and Company Secretary from1 October 2010, 40Appointed Company Secretary in October 2004.Chairman of the Disclosure Committee, Chairmanof the Risk Co-ordination Committee, Secretary toand Member of the Chief Executive’s Committeeto 30 September 2010; Operating Executive andDevelopment Executive from 1 October 2010,Secretary to the Board and to the Audit,Nominations and Remuneration Committees.Matthew joined Imperial Tobacco’s legaldepartment in 2000 and was closely involvedin the acquisitions of Reemtsma and Altadis.Previously he worked for law firms Linklatersand Burges Salmon.No external Director appointments.6 7 8 9 10 1157