Corporate governance
Board and Committee attendance
On 28 March 2009 the Board comprised 10 directors as set out below. Jan du Plessis joined the Board as a non-executive director on 1 November 2008. Lord Burns retired as Chairman on 1 June 2008, when Sir Stuart Rose was appointed Executive Chairman and Sir David Michels was appointed Deputy Chairman. Steven Esom retired as an executive director on 1 July 2008. See individual committee reports for details of their membership.
The following table sets out the number of meetings of the Board and its governance committees during the year and individual attendance by Board and committee members at those meetings.
| Name of director |
Board |
Nomination and
Governance Committee |
Remuneration
Committee |
Audit
Committee |
| |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
A |
B |
| Chairman |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sir Stuart Rose |
10 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Deputy Chairman |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sir David Michels |
10 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
| Executive directors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Kate Bostock |
10 |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Ian Dyson |
10 |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Steven Sharp |
10 |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
| Non-executive directors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jeremy Darroch |
10 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
– |
– |
5 |
5 |
| Martha Lane Fox |
10 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
| Steven Holliday(1) |
10 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
| Louise Patten |
10 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
– |
– |
| Jan du Plessis |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
– |
– |
2 |
2 |