Rob Margetts 60, joined the Board on 18 March 1999 and was appointed as the senior independent non-executive director in April 2003. He is chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. He is the chairman of Legal & General Group Plc, was formerly the chairman of The BOC Group plc and vice chairman of ICI PLC. He was also chairman of the UK Natural Environment Research Council and is a member of the UK Council for Science and Technology. Sir Rob Margetts is being proposed for re-election at the AGM in April. |