Chairman
Rod (age 56) joined the Board in September 2002 and became Chairman
in November 2002. He was Managing Director of Close Brothers for
some 28 years, during which time he led the management buy-out in
1979 and took the company public in 1984; he remains a Non-executive
Director of Close Brothers Group plc. He is also Chairman of Grosvenor
Limited, a Non-executive Director of Grosvenor Group Holdings Limited
and Whitbread Group plc, and a Trustee of The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
He is Chairman of the Nominations Committee.
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Group Chief Executive
Christopher (age 54) joined the Board of Bradford & Bingley Building
Society in 1996 as Chief Executive and was appointed to the plc
Board in April 2000. He was formerly Chief Executive of Thomas Cook.
He is a Non-executive Director of Hilton Group plc and a member
of the Executive Committee of the Council of the National Trust.
He is a member of the Nominations Committee.
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Group Finance Director
Rosemary (age 52) joined the Board of Bradford & Bingley Building
Society in November 1999. She was appointed to the plc Board in
February 2000. She previously held several senior financial positions
including Group Finance Director of J Sainsbury plc and Group Financial
Controller of Grand Metropolitan, subsequently Diageo plc. She is
a Non-executive Director of Royal Mail Holdings plc and a member
of The Financial Reporting Council and The Financial Reporting Review
Panel.
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Non-executive Director
Nicholas (age 57) joined the Board of Bradford & Bingley Building
Society in July 1999 and the plc Board in April 2000. He was formerly
Group Finance Director of a number of companies including JIB Group
plc, MAI plc and Charterhouse Japhet plc. He is a Non-executive
Director of ICAP plc, Computacenter plc and Hornby plc. He is a
member of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and Nominations
Committee.
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Group Commercial Director
Ian (age 40) joined Bradford & Bingley in February 2000 as Commercial
Director on the acquisition of the John Charcol business and was
appointed to the Board in August 2003. He joined John Charcol in
1984 and held a variety of roles, culminating in his appointment
as Managing Director in March 1999. As Group Commercial Director,
he is responsible for our advisory businesses as well as marketing,
communications and product development.
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Managing Director, Lending & Savings
Steven (age 42) joined Bradford & Bingley from Lloyds TSB in 1999
as Flotation Director before he was appointed to the Board in January
2002, taking responsibility for Group Strategy, HR & IT. He was
appointed to his current role with responsibility for Lending and
Savings in January 2003.
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Non-executive Director
George (age 63) joined the Board of Bradford & Bingley Building
Society in March 2000 and the plc Board in April 2000. He is the
Director General of the Institute of Directors and a member of the
Supervisory Board of Euronext. He is a Director of Short Brothers
plc and Enterprise Insight Ltd. Former appointments include Chairman
and Managing Director of Unisys Ltd, Chairman and Chief Executive
of P-E International plc, Non-executive Director of the London International
Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE) and Managing Director of Butler
Cox plc. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the recognised
Senior Independent Director.
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Non-executive Director
Ian (age 44) joined the Board in August 2003. He is Chief Executive,
International and Development at Kingfisher plc having been an Executive
Director since June 2000. Since joining Kingfisher in 1998, he has
been Group Director of Strategy & Development and from May 2000
Chief Executive of e-Kingfisher. Before joining Kingfisher he worked
for Boston Consulting Group, Guinness plc and a number of retail
businesses including Sears plc. He was previously a Non-executive
Director of Hit Entertainment plc. He is a member of the Audit,
Risk and Compliance Committee and Remuneration Committee.
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Non-executive Director
Louise (age 50) joined the Board in December 2003. She is currently
Chairman and Non-executive Director of Brixton plc and a Non-executive
Director of Great Universal Stores plc and Somerfield plc as well
as senior adviser to Bain & Co. She began her career at Citibank
and remained in financial services until 1993, when she joined the
management consultancy Bain & Co as a Partner. Her previous experience
as a Non-executive Director includes the Hilton Group plc. She is
a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
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Non-executive Director
Stephen (age 51) joined the Board in May 2003. He is Group Finance
Director of Wolseley plc, the building materials distribution company.
He is a chartered accountant and was formerly a Partner at Price
Waterhouse. He is a member of the Hundred Group Technical Committee.
He is Chairman of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.
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Group Operations Director
Robert (age 44) joined Bradford & Bingley on 2 January 2003 and
was appointed to the Board in August 2003. He joined from Zurich
Financial Services Group (UK) Ltd where he was Managing Director,
UK Enterprise. Prior to this, Robert held a variety of roles at
National Australia Bank which he joined from Clydesdale Bank plc.
He is responsible for the Group’s Bank and The MarketPlace divisions,
along with IT, telephony, properties and customer service operations.
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