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 Gibson-Smith 

Chris Gibson-Smith  ²,³
Chairman
Appointed to the Board in May 2003. Also Chairman of The British Land Company plc and Non-Executive Director of Qatar Financial Centre Authority. He is a Trustee of the LondonBusinessSchool. He was previously Chairman of National Air Traffic Services Ltd from 2001 to 2005, Director of Lloyds TSB plc from 1999 to 2005, Group Managing Director of BP plc from 1997 to 2001, and a past Trustee of the Institute of Public Policy Research and the arts charity Arts & Business.

 

 

Paolo Scaroni

Paolo Scaroni ²,³
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director

Appointed to the Board in October 2007. CEO of eni S.p.A. since May 2005. Non-Executive Director of Assicurazioni Generali, Veolia Environnement, Fondazione Teatro alla Scala and Member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School (New York). Previously CEO of Pilkington plc from 1997 to 2002, Director of BAE Systems plc from 2000 to 2004 and of Invensys plc from 2001 to 2002. He was also CEO of Enel from 2002 to 2005, Director from 2002 to 2005 and then Chairman from 2005 to 2006 of Alliance Unichem plc.

 

 

Xavier Rolet

Xavier Rolet
Chief Executive
Appointed to the Board in March 2009 and appointed Chief Executive on 20 May 2009. From 2000 to 2008 he was a senior executive at Lehman Brothers and, most recently, CEO of Lehman in France. Prior to Lehman Brothers, he held senior positions at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson from 1997 to 2000, Credit Suisse First Boston from 1994 to 1996 and Goldman Sachs from 1984 to 1994. He was a Non-Executive Director of LCH.Clearnet until July 2010.

 

 

Doug Webb

Doug Webb
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed to the Board in June 2008. Non-Executive Director of SEGRO plc. Member of the FSA Practitioner Panel. At QinetiQ Group plc from 2003 to 2008, became its Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Previously Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, North America and then Finance Director, Continental Europe at Logica plc from 1994 to 2003 and at Price Waterhouse from 1982 to 1994. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

 

 

Baroness Cohen

Baroness (Janet) Cohen ¹,³
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in February 2001. A Life Peer. Vice Chairman of Borsa Italiana S.p.A.. PresidentBPPUniversityCollege and Senior Advisor to BPP Holdings. Previously Non-Executive Director of BPP Holdings plc from 1994 to 2002 and Chairman from 2002 to 2006, Freshwater UK plc from 2007 to February 2009, Trillium Partners Ltd from September 2009 to April 2010, Management Consulting Group plc from 2003 to 2011 and Proudfoot Trustees Limited from 2003 to 2011. Advisory Director of HSBC Investment Bank, a Non-Executive Director of Charterhouse Management Services Ltd from 1988 to 1999 and Charterhouse Financial Services Ltd from 1989 to 1993. Governor of the BBC from 1994 to 1999.

 

 

Sergio Ermotti

Sergio Ermotti ²
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in October 2007. Chairman and CEO of UBS Group Europe, Middle East and Africa and member of the Group Executive Board from April 2011. Previously Group Deputy CEO of UniCredit Group, Head of Corporate & Investment Banking and Private Banking Strategic Business Area from 2007 to 2010. From January 2006 to July 2007 Deputy General Manager and Head of Markets and Investment Banking at UniCredit Group. With Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1987 until 2004 where he was latterly Senior Vice President, Co-Head of Global Equity Markets and Member of the Operating Committee. From 2002 to 2003 he was a Director of Virt-X Limited and Virt-X Exchange Limited.

 

 

Andrea Munari

Andrea Munari ¹
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in October 2007. CEO and Managing Director of Banca IMI (Intesa Sanpaolo Group). Previously, a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Fixed Income Division, Director of MTS S.p.A. from 2003 to 2005 and of TLX S.p.A. from January to September 2007.

 

 

Robert Webb Q.C

Robert Webb QC ²,³
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Appointed to the Board in February 2001. General Counsel and Head of Risk at Rolls-Royce plc. Non-Executive Director of Holdingham Group Ltd (formerly Hakluyt) and of Autonomy. Non-Executive Board Member of the BBC and Chairman of BBC Worldwide (to 1 March 2012), Non-Executive Director of Argent Group plc (to 1 March 2012). Bencher, Inner Temple. General Counsel of British Airways from September 1998 to April 2009. Formerly Head of Chambers at 5 Bell Yard, London.

 

 

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Paul Heiden ¹
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee
Appointed to the Board in June 2010. Chairman of Talaris Topco Limited. Non-Executive Director of United Utilities Group plc and Meggitt plc. Previously Chief Executive Officer of FKI plc from 2003 to 2008 and Group Finance Director of Rolls-Royce plc from 1999 to 2003. He has had previous senior finance roles at Hanson PLC and Mercury Communications and was a Non-Executive Director of Bunzl plc from 1998 to 2005 and a Non-Executive Director of Filtrona plc from 2005 to 2006.

 

 

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Gay Huey Evans ¹,²
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in June 2010. Vice Chairman of the Board and Non-Executive Chairman of Europe of The International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Previously, Vice Chairman Investment Banking and Investment Management, Barclays plc from 2008 to 2010, Head of Governance at Citi Alternative Investments (EMEA) from 2007 to 2008 and President of Tribeca Global Management from 2005 to 2007 (both part of Citigroup) and Director of Markets Division and Head of Capital Markets Sector at the UK Financial Services Authority from 1998 to 2005.

 

 

Raffaele Jerusalmi

Raffaele Jerusalmi
Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer of Borsa Italiana and Director of Capital Markets
Appointed to the Board in June 2010. In addition to his role as Director of Capital Markets, Raffaele was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Borsa Italiana S.p.A. in April 2010. He is also Institore of the LSEGH (Italy) group of companies. Prior to joining Borsa Italiana in 1998, he was head of trading for Italian fixed income at Credit Suisse First Boston from 1993 to 1998. From 1996 he was member of the proprietary trading group in London. From 1997 to 1998 he was a Board Member of MTS S.p.A., representing Credit Suisse First Boston and from 1989 to 1993 was head of trading for the fixed income and derivatives divisions at Cimo S.p.A. in Milan.

 

 

Massimo Tononi

Massimo Tononi ¹
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board in September 2010. Chairman of Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and Non-Executive Director of Mittel S.p.A, Sorin S.p.A and Prysmian S.p.A. Previously, Partner and Managing Director in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs until July 2010. While at Goldman Sachs, he played a senior role in the business development and execution of investment banking transactions throughout Europe. Between 2006 – 2008, he was Treasury Undersecretary at the Italian Ministry of Economy & Finance in Rome.

 

 

 

¹ Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
² Member of the Remuneration Committee
³ Member of the Nomination Committee