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Governance<br />

Board of Directors<br />

1 2<br />

6<br />

7<br />

1 Ken Hanna<br />

Position: Chairman<br />

Appointment to Board: September 2001<br />

Committee Membership(s): Nominations<br />

Committee<br />

Experience: Ken joined the Board as a<br />

Non-Executive Director in September 2001<br />

and accepted the position of Chairman in<br />

May 2009. Prior to joining <strong>Inchcape</strong>, Ken<br />

was an Executive Director and Chief<br />

Financial Officer of Cadbury plc. He was<br />

previously a Partner of Compass Partners<br />

International and Group Finance Director<br />

and Chief Executive of Dalgety (now<br />

Sygen Group plc) and had previous<br />

experience with Guinness plc (now<br />

Diageo plc), Avis Europe and Black &<br />

Decker. Ken is a Non-Executive Director<br />

of Tesco plc.<br />

2 André Lacroix<br />

Position: Group Chief Executive<br />

Appointment to Board: September 2005<br />

Committee Membership(s): Nominations<br />

Committee<br />

Experience: André is Chairman of Good<br />

Restaurants AG and a Non-Executive<br />

Director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc. He<br />

was previously Chairman and Chief<br />

Executive Officer of Euro Disney S.C.A. Prior<br />

to this he was the President of Burger King<br />

International, previously part of Diageo.<br />

3 Will Samuel<br />

Position: Deputy Chairman and Senior<br />

Independent Non-Executive Director<br />

Appointment to Board: January 2005<br />

Committee Membership(s): Audit<br />

Committee, Remuneration Committee<br />

and Nominations Committee<br />

Experience: Will is Chairman of Galiform<br />

plc (previously known as MFI Group) and<br />

Ecclesiastical Insurance Group. He is Vice<br />

Chairman of Lazard & Co, a Non-Executive<br />

Director of the Edinburgh Investment Trust<br />

plc and a Director of the All Churches Trust.<br />

He was previously a Director of Schroders<br />

plc, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Schroder<br />

Salomon Smith Barney (a division of<br />

Citigroup Inc.) and Vice Chairman,<br />

European Investment Bank of Citigroup<br />

Inc and Chairman of H.P. Bulmer plc. Will is<br />

a chartered accountant.<br />

4 John McConnell<br />

Position: Group Finance Director<br />

Appointment to Board: October 2009<br />

Committee Membership(s): None<br />

Experience: John was appointed as<br />

Group Finance Director of <strong>Inchcape</strong> plc<br />

in October 2009, having worked with the<br />

Group since 1999. John joined <strong>Inchcape</strong><br />

Australasia as Chief Financial Officer<br />

before moving to the role of Chief<br />

Executive Officer of Australasia. Prior to<br />

joining <strong>Inchcape</strong> he worked with Reckitt<br />

and Colman (now Reckitt Benckiser) for<br />

13 years in a variety of senior financial<br />

roles in the UK, Germany and Australia.<br />

5 Alison Cooper<br />

Position: Non-Executive Director<br />

Appointment to Board: July 2009<br />

Committee Membership(s): Audit<br />

Committee<br />

Experience: Alison is Chief Operating<br />

Officer and Chief Executive designate of<br />

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC. Alison joined<br />

Imperial Tobacco Group in 1999 and has<br />

held a number of senior roles including<br />

Director of Finance and Planning, Regional<br />

Director Western Europe and Corporate<br />

Development Director. Previously she was<br />

with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.<br />

6 David Scotland<br />

Position: Non-Executive Director<br />

Appointment to Board: February 2005<br />

Committee Membership(s): Audit<br />

Committee, Remuneration Committee<br />

and Nominations Committee<br />

Experience: David is a Trustee and Director<br />

of Winston’s Wish, a child bereavement<br />

registered charity. He was previously an<br />

Executive Director of Allied Domecq plc<br />

and a Non-Executive Director of Photo-Me<br />

International plc, Brixton plc, Cobra Beer<br />

Ltd and Thompson Travel Group plc.<br />

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<strong>Inchcape</strong> plc ¦ <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> and Accounts 2009

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