Non-executive director

Appointed a non-executive director of Diageo plc in May 2004 and chairman of the audit committee in October 2004. He resigned as chief financial officer of AstraZeneca PLC on 31 July 2007 to become a Managing Director at the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs International on 24 September 2007. During the year he resigned from the Business Tax Forum (of which he was joint chairman) and from the Main Committee of the 100 Group of Finance Directors (of which he was formerly chairman). Prior to joining AstraZeneca PLC in 1997, he was a partner at KPMG. He will retire at this year’s AGM. Age 48. Nationality British. (Committees ▲*●◆)