Board of Directors As detailed in the Annual Report 09/10
| R | - member of remuneration committee |
| N | - member of nomination committee |
| A | - member of audit committee |
 | - chairman of the committee
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Anthony Habgood
Position: Chairman (since August 2005)
Appointment to the Board: May 2005
Age: 63
Committee membership: Nomination Committee (Chairman), Remuneration Committee
External appointments: Reed Elsevier PLC and NV (Chairman)
Previous experience: Director of The Boston Consulting Group Inc from 1977 to 1986. Director, and then Chief Executive of Tootal Group PLC until 1991. Chief Executive and then Chairman of Bunzl PLC until 2009. Having been Chairman of Mölnlycke Healthcare (UK) Limited he has also held non-executive directorships at Geest PLC, Marks and Spencer Group plc, National Westminster Bank Plc, Powergen plc and SVG Capital PLC.
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Alan Parker, CBE
Chief Executive (since June 2004)
Position: Chief Executive (since June 2004)
Appointment to the Board: May 2000 - retiring in November 2010
Age: 63
Committee membership: Nomination Committee
External appointments: Jumeirah Group LLC (Non-executive director), British Hospitality Association (Director), University of Surrey (Visiting Professor), World Travel & Tourism Council (Director), West Buckland School Foundation (Trustee & Director)
Previous experience: Managing Director of Crest Hotels Europe, based in Frankfurt. Senior Vice-President of Holiday Inn Europe, Middle East and Africa, based in Brussels. Joined Whitbread in 1992 as Managing Director of Whitbread Hotel Company.
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Christopher Rogers
Position: Finance Director
Appointment to the Board: May 2005
Age: 50
External appointments: HMV Group plc (Non-executive director)
Previous experience: Qualified as an accountant with Price Waterhouse before joining Kingfisher plc in 1988. Subsequent roles included Group Financial Controller at Kingfisher plc, Finance Director, and then Commercial Director, at Comet Group plc before becoming Finance Director at Woolworths Group plc and Chairman of Woolworths Group Entertainment business.
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Wendy Becker
Position: Independent non-executive director
Appointment to the Board: January 2008
Age: 44
Committee membership: Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee
External appointments: Vodafone (Group Chief Marketing Officer) Working Families (Trustee) Vodafone Foundation (Trustee)
Previous experience: Previously Managing Director of Talk Talk. Partner of McKinsey & Company for 14 years. Brand Manager of Procter & Gamble and Boston Consulting Group.
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Patrick Dempsey
Position: Executive Director
Aappointment to the Board: January 2009
Age: 51
External appointments: Hospitality Action (Trustee),
Business in the Community - talent and skills leadership team,
DCMS - Tourism Advisory Council
Previous experience: Patrick joined Whitbread in 2004 and has been in the hotel and restaurant business for the past thirty years. Patrick was with Forte Hotels for twenty years, then went on to join Compass Group as CEO of Restaurant Associates. In 2005, Patrick became Managing Director of Premier Inn.
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Philip Clarke
Position: Independent non-executive director
Appointment to the Board: January 2006
Age: 50
Committee membership: Remuneration Committee (Chairman)
External appointments: Tesco PLC (Director)
Previous experience: Has eleven years' board experience gained at Tesco where he has responsibility for operations in eleven countries across Asia and Europe together with the IT function.
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Stephen Williams
Position: Senior Independent Director
Appointment to the Board: April 2008
Age: 62
Committee membership: Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee
External appointments: Unilever PLC and NV (General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer), Arriva PLC (Senior Independent Director), Arts and Business (Chairman), De la Warr Pavilion Trust (Chairman)
Previous experience: After spending three years in the tax planning and commercial departments at Slaughter and May, Stephen joined the legal department of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, before joining Unilever PLC in 1986. He became General Counsel at Unilever in 1993.
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Simon Melliss
Position: Independent non-executive director
Appointment to the Board: April 2007
Age: 57
Committee membership: Audit Committee (Chairman), Nomination Committee
External appointments: Hammerson PLC (Group Financial Director), Member of the Committee of Management of Hermes Property Unit Trust
Previous experience: Having trained as an accountant he held a number of financial roles at Reed International PLC and Sketchley PLC, before joining Hammerson in 1991 where he became Group Finance Director in 1995. Simon has also previously held a non-executive directorship at Associated British Ports Holdings PLC.
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Richard Baker
Position: Independent non-executive director
Appointment to the Board: September 2009
Age: 47
Committee membership: Audit Committee
External appointments: Virgin Active Group (Non-executive Chairman), Group Aeroplan Inc (Chairman, European Advisory Board), Member of Heidrick & Struggles Advisory Board, Advent International PLC (Operating Partner)
Previous experience: Chief Executive of Alliance Boots Group plc and Chief Operating Officer at Asda Group plc.
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Shareholdings
Directors - share interests
The interests of directors and their connected persons at the end of the year in the ordinary shares of 76122/153p each in the Company are shown below:
| |
Held at 28/04/2010 |
Held at 04/03/2010 |
Held at 26/02/2009 |
| Anthony Habgood |
50,797 |
50,797 |
50,797 |
| Alan Parker |
45,263 |
45,263 |
65,263 |
| Patrick Dempsey |
27,086 |
15,938 |
1,984 |
| Christopher Rogers |
47,976 |
34,821 |
14,319 |
| Richard Baker |
1,450 |
1,450 |
- (2) |
| Wendy Becker |
6,000 |
6,000 |
2,500 |
| Philip Clarke |
3,939 |
3,939 |
3,797 |
| Charles Gurassa |
n/a |
1,821 (1) |
1,821 |
| Simon Melliss |
1,500 |
1,500 |
1,500 |
| Stephen Williams |
4,000 |
4,000 |
4,000 |
The share interests shown above include the non-beneficial interests of Anthony Habgood in 522 ordinary shares of 76122/153p each.
(1) at date stepped down from the Board
(2) at date of appointment
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Directors' remuneration for the year to 4 March 2010 (audited information)
The table below shows a breakdown of the various elements of pay received by the directors for the period from 27 February 2009 to 4 March 2010
| |
Performance related awards* |
Total excluding pensions |
| |
Basic
salary
£ |
Cash in lieu
of pension
£ |
Taxable
benefits
£ |
Cash
£ |
Deferred equity
£ |
2009/10
£ |
2008/09
£ |
| Chairman |
| Anthony Habgood |
300,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
300,000 |
300,000 |
| Executive Directors |
| Patrick Dempsey |
400,216(1) |
- |
26,723 |
275,261 |
370,827 |
1,073,027 |
798,269(6) |
| Alan Parker |
741,564(1) |
190,293 |
13,434 |
522,315 |
672,570 |
2,140,176 |
1,695,005 |
| Christopher Rogers |
465,540(1) |
98,670 |
981 |
324,996 |
418,488 |
1,308,675 |
1,037,787 |
| Non-executive Directors |
| Richard Baker |
26,533(2) |
|
|
|
|
26,533(2) |
- |
| Wendy Becker |
55,000 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
55,000 |
55,000 |
| Philip Clarke |
60,000(4) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
60,000 |
55,000 |
| Charles Gurassa |
33,555(2)(4) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
33,555 |
65,000 |
| Simon Melliss |
65,000(3) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
65,000 |
65,000 |
| Stephen Williams |
65,000(5) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
65,000 |
50,603(2) |
Total emoluments for the year were £5,131,966 (2008/09: £4,127,081).
- * The performance related awards include two cash
elements (one of which is based on WINcard targets) and a deferred
equity element described in the question and answer section above. In addition, Patrick Dempsey and
Christopher Rogers received awards under the Long Term Incentive
Plan (LTIP) to the value of £400,000 and £556,500 respectively. The
LTIP awards are conditional on the achievement of a combined
TSR/EPS target described in the question and
answer section above.
(1) Includes a non-pensionable car allowance.
(2) Fees/salary for part-year.
(3) Includes fees as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
(4) Includes fees for part-year as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
(5) Includes fees as Senior Independent Director.
(6) Total for the full year, of which £134,503 was received following his appointment as an executive director.
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Introduction to Whitbread
