Board of Directors As detailed in the Annual Report 07/08
| 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 1 August 2005)
Date of appointment to the Board: May 2005
Age: 61
Committee membership: Nomination Committee (Chairman) Remuneration Committee
External appointments: Bunzl plc (Chairman)
SVG Capital plc (Senior Independent Director)
Hermes Property Unit Trust (Member of the Committee of Management)
Previous experience: Director of The Boston Consulting Group Inc from 1977 to 1986. Director, and then Chief Executive of Tootal Group PLC. Chief Executive of Bunzl plc. Chairman of Mölnlycke Healthcare (UK) Limited. Also held non-executive directorships at Geest PLC, Marks and Spencer Group plc, National Westminster Bank Plc and Powergen plc.
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Alan Parker
Position: Chief Executive (since June 2004)
Date of appointment to the Board: May 2000
Age: 61
Committee membership: Nomination Committee
External appointments: British Hospitality Association (Director)
VisitBritain (Director)
University of Surrey (Visiting Professor)
World Travel & Tourism Council (Director)
Jumeirah Group LLC (Non-executive director)
Hermes Property Unit Trust (Member of the Committee of Management)
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: 48
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.
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Charles Gurassa
Position: Independent non-executive director
Appointment to the Board: July 2000
Age: 52
Committee membership: Remuneration Committee (Chairman) Nomination Committee Audit Committee
External appointments: LOVEFiLM International (Chairman)
Mobileserv UK Co. Ltd (Chairman)
WP Roaming II S.A. (Chairman)
7 Days Limited (Chairman)
National Trust Ltd (Chairman)
Whizz-kidz Trading Limited (Chairman)
Previous experience: Chief Executive of Thomson Travel Group and a director of TUI AG. Previously Chairman of Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) plc and Worldwide Excellerated Leasing Limited.
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Philip Clarke
Position: Independent non-executive director
Appointment to the Board: January 2006
Age: 48
Committee membership: Remuneration Committee
External appointments: Tesco PLC (Director)
Previous experience: Has ten years' board experience gained at Tesco where he has responsibility for operations in ten countries across Asia and Europe. Philip is also leader of the Information Technology and Business Process functions.
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Wendy Becker
Position: Independent non-executive director
Date of appointment to the Board: January 2008
Age: 42
Committee membership: Audit Committee Remuneration Committee
External appointments: TalkTalk (Managing Director) Working Families (Trustee)
Previous experience: Partner of McKinsey & Company for 14 years. Formerly Brand Manager of Procter & Gamble and Associate at The Boston Consulting Group Inc.
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Simon Melliss
Position: Independent non-executive director
Appointment to the Board: April 2007
Age: 55
Committee membership: Audit Committee (Chairman)
External appointments: Hammerson PLC (Group Financial Director) Hermes Property Unit Trust (Member of the Committee of Management)
Previous experience: Having trained as an accountant he has 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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Stephen Williams
Position: Independent non-executive director
Date of appointment to the Board: April 2008
Age: 60
Committee membership: Remuneration Committee Nomination Committee
External appointments: Unilever PLC and NV (General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer)
Arriva PLC (Senior Independent Director)
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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Shareholdings
Directors - share interests The interests of directors in the ordinary shares in the Company are shown below.
| |
28/2/2008 |
Held at 1/3/2007 |
| Anthony Habgood |
30,797 |
16,972 |
| Alan Parker |
65,263 |
45,361 |
| Christopher Rogers |
14,319 |
9,319 |
| Philip Clarke |
3,797 |
3,797 |
| Charles Gurassa
| 1,821 |
1,821 |
| Wendy Becker |
2,500 |
- (2) |
| Simon Melliss |
1,500 |
- (2) |
The share interests shown above include the non-beneficial interests of Anthony Habgood in 522 ordinary shares. (697 ordinary shares as at 1 March 2007.)
(1) at date director stepped down from the board.
(2) at date of appointment.
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Remuneration Report
These are the details of directors remuneration as at last Annual Report 2007/08.
Details of newly appointed Directors will be included following the publication of the 2007/08 Annual Report
| |
Performance related awards* |
Total excluding pensions |
| |
Basic salary £ |
Cash in lieu of pension £ |
Taxable benefits £ |
Cash £ |
Deferred equity £ |
2007/8 £ |
2006/7 £ |
| Chairman |
| Anthony Habgood |
291,667 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
291,667 |
250,000 |
| Executive Directors |
| Alan Parker |
691,992 (1) |
177,545 |
5,017 |
483,975 |
675,000 |
2,033,529 |
1,913,948 |
| Christopher Rogers |
435,303 (1) |
92,217 |
1,012 |
301,140 |
420,000 |
1,249,672 |
1,178,378 |
| Non-executive Directors |
| Wendy Baker |
6,693 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
6,693 (2) |
- |
| Philip Clarke |
53,333 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
53,333 |
45,000 |
| Charles Gurassa |
63,333 (4) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
63,333 |
55,000 |
| Simon Melliss |
57,917 (3) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
57,917 (2) |
- |
Total emoluments for the year were £3,942,358. The total for 2006/7 was £4,349,201.
- *
- The performance related awards include two cash elements (one of which is based on WINcard targets) and a deferred equity element described on page 12 of the Directors' Report and Accounts 2007/8. In addition, Alan Parker and Christopher Rogers received awards under the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) to the value of £843,750 and £420,000 respectively. The LTIP awards are conditional on the achievement of a combined TSR/EPS target described on pages 13.
(1) Includes a car allowance.
(2) Fees for part-year.
(3) Includes fees as Chairman of the Audit Committee for part of the year.
(4) Includes fees as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
(5) Includes fees as Senior Independent Director.
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