Board of Directors - Savills

32 Savills plcReport and Accounts 2008Our GovernanceBoard of DirectorsBoard of Directors1 23 4 51. Peter Smith, Chairman of Savills plc, andChairman of the Nomination Committee ◆Aged 62, was appointed to the Board as aNon-Executive Director on 24 May 2004 and waselected Chairman with effect from 1 November2004. His other non-executive appointments are:N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, The EquitableLife Assurance Society, Associated British Foodsplc and Chairman of Templeton Emerging MarketsInvestment Trust plc. He became a Non-ExecutiveDirector of Rothschild Bank AG on 23 June2008. Formerly, Peter was Senior Partnerof PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) andserved for two years as Chairman of Coopers& Lybrand International and as a member of theglobal leadership team of PwC. He served asChairman of RAC Plc and was a Non-ExecutiveDirector of Safeway plc.2. Jeremy Helsby, Group Chief Executive ✤Aged 53, joined Savills in 1980 and wasappointed to the Board in 1999. He was Chairmanand Chief Executive Officer of Savills Commercialand Savills Europe for seven years until he wasappointed as Group Chief Executive on 7 May2008. He remains a Director of Savills AsiaPacific Limited.3. Simon Shaw, Group ChiefFinancial OfficerAged 44, Simon Shaw will join the Board asGroup Chief Financial Officer on 16 March 2009.Simon is a Chartered Accountant. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Synairgen plc. He wasChief Financial Officer of Gyrus Group PLC from2003 until its sale to Olympus Corporation in 2008,having previously been Chief Operating Officerof Profile Therapeutics plc between 1998 and2003. Between 1991 and 1997 he was acorporate financier, latterly at Hambros BankLimited. Simon is a member of the techMARKAdvisory Group of the London Stock Exchange,which advises the Exchange on matters ofTechnology and Mediscience.4. Martin Angle, IndependentNon-Executive Director ■ ● ◆Aged 58, was appointed to the Board on2 January 2007. He is a Non-Executive Directorof JSC Severstal, Dubai International CapitalLLC and The National Exhibition Centre(Chairman). He also became a Non-ExecutiveDirector of Pennon Group plc on 1 December2008. Formerly, he served as Chairman ofCelerant Consulting, as Group Finance Directorof TI Group plc and held various executive roleswith Terra Firma Capital Partners and its portfoliocompanies, including The Waste RecyclingGroup (Executive Chairman) and Le MeridienHotel Group (Deputy Chairman). He isalso a member of the Board of WarwickBusiness School.5. Simon Hope, Director ✤Aged 44, joined Savills in September 1986and was appointed to the Board on 1 May1999. He is the Executive Director responsiblefor our Capital Markets team and Head of SavillsCommercial Investment. From 1 January 2009,he assumed responsibility for our Americanbusiness. He is also Chairman of the ManagementBoard of our European businesses and amember of the Charities Fund Property Board.

33 Savills plcReport and Accounts 2008Our GovernanceBoard of Directors6 7 89 106. Timothy Ingram, Senior IndependentNon-Executive Director ■ ● ◆Aged 61, was appointed to the Board on27 June 2002. He is Chief Executive ofCaledonia Investments plc and a Non-ExecutiveDirector of The Sage Group plc, ANZ Bank(Europe) Limited and Alok Industries Limited.He was formerly Chief Executive of First NationalFinance Corporation, a main Board Directorof Abbey National plc and a Non-ExecutiveDirector of Hogg Robinson plc.7. Robert McKellar,Chief Executive – Asia Pacific ✤Aged 49, was appointed to the Board as GroupFinance Director on 1 June 2000 having servedas Finance Director of Savills Commercial Limitedsince December 1994. He was appointedChief Executive – Asia Pacific on 31 March 2005.8. Charles McVeigh, IndependentNon-Executive Director and Chairmanof the Remuneration Committee ● ◆ ■Aged 66, was appointed to the Board as aNon-Executive Director on 1 August 2000. Heis currently Chairman of Citigroup’s Corporateand Investment Banking – Global WealthManagement Partnership, having until recentlybeen Co-Chairman of Citigroup’s EuropeanInvestment Bank (formerly known as SchroderSalomon Smith Barney). He also serves onthe Board of EFG-Hermes and is a memberof both the Development Board and AdvisoryCouncil of the Prince’s Trust. Formerly he hasserved on the Boards of Witan InvestmentCompany plc, Clearstream, the London StockExchange, LIFFE and British AmericanBusiness Inc; he was also appointed by theBank of England to serve on the City CapitalMarkets Committee and the Legal RiskReview Committee. He was also a memberof the Fulbright Commission.9. Rupert Sebag-Montefiore, Director ✤Aged 55, joined Savills in 1980 and wasappointed to the Board on 31 May 1995.On 26 October 2004, he became Chairmanof Savills (L&P) Limited, having served as itsManaging Director since May 2000. He isthe Executive Director responsible for theUK residential and general practice surveyingbusiness. Between 2001 and 2008 he servedon the Board of Fastcrop plc (the holdingcompany of Primelocation.com) and servedas Chairman between November 2004 andSeptember 2008 during which time thecompany was sold to Daily Mail and GeneralTrust plc. DMGT have subsequently appointedhim as Non-Executive Chairman of The DigitalProperty Group Advisory Board.10. Fields Wicker-Miurin OBE, IndependentNon-Executive Director and Chairman ofthe Audit Committee ■ ● ◆Aged 50, was appointed to the Board on27 June 2002. She is co-founder and partnerof Leaders’ Quest and chairs its AdvisoryBoard. She is a Non-Executive Director of theCDC Group and was on the Board of the UK’sDepartment for Business Enterprise andRegulatory Reform for six years until 2008.She is also a governor of King’s CollegeLondon where she chairs the audit committee.Previously she was Chief Financial Officerand Director of Strategy at the LondonStock Exchange.■●◆✤Audit CommitteeRemuneration CommitteeNomination CommitteeGroup Executive Board