Juan Arena
Juan Arena has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Bankinter. He is currently a member of the boards of Ferrovial, Almirall and Dinamia.

Adri Baan
Adri Baan has been Chief Executive of Philips Consumer Electronics and is currently Chairman of Wolters Kluwer, Dockwise Ltd (Bermuda) and The Financial Markets Authority.

Sir Peter Bonfield
Sir Peter Bonfield has been CEO of BT as well as Chairman and CEO of ICL.  He is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NXP (The Netherlands) and holds Directorships on the Boards of Sony Corporation (Japan), L.M Ericsson (Sweden), Mentor Graphics (USA), TSMC (Taiwan), Dubai International Capital LLC (Dubai) and Actis Capital LLP (London).

Roger Carr
Roger Carr is Chairman of Centrica, Mitchells & Butlers and Deputy Chairman of Cadbury Schweppes. He was previously Chief Executive of Williams and Chairman of Thames Water and Chubb.

Jaime Carvajal
Jaime Carvajal is the Chairman of Advent International, Ericsson Espana and ABB, all in Spain. He is Vice Chairman of Ferrovial and Non-Executive Director of Dufry AG. He is also Senior Advisor of Morgan Stanley Europe.

Dr. Bertrand Collomb
Dr. Bertrand Collomb is Chairman of Lafarge since 2003. He has been Vice-Chairman of Unilever and Non-Executive Director of Allianz and is currently Non-Executive Director with Total. He is Chairman of the Association Française des Entreprises Privées (AFEP) and Chairman of IFRI (French Institute of International Relations).

Viscount Etienne Davignon
Viscount Etienne Davignon has been Vice-President of the European Economic Community in charge of industry, research and energy. His career includes Directorships on the boards of Accor, Anglo-American, BASF, Générale de Banque, Pechiney, Petrofina, Solvay, Suez and Toyota.

Sir John Egan
Sir John Egan was Chairman and Chief Executive of Jaguar and subsequently Chief Executive of British Airports Authority. He is currently Chairman of Severn Trent and has been President of the Confederation of British Industry.

Dudley Eustace
Dudley Eustace has been CFO of Philips Electronics and BAE Systems. He is currently the Chairman of AEGON and VNU, now called The Nielsen Company. He is Vice-Chairman of Royal KPN and was Chairman of Smith & Nephew, Vice-Chairman of Hagemeyer, and was on the Supervisory Board of Stork.

Dr. Oscar Fanjul
Dr. Oscar Fanjul was the Chairman, Founder and CEO of Repsol. He is currently a member of the boards of the London Stock Exchange, March & McLennan companies, Acerinox, the Lafarge Group and Areva.

Niall FitzGerald KBE
Niall FitzGerald KBE has served as Chairman and CEO of Unilever. He is currently Chairman of Reuters, the Nelson Mandela Legacy Trust (UK), and has previously been a Non-Executive Director of Merck, L.M. Ericsson, the Bank of Ireland and Prudential Corporation.

Jean-Martin Folz
Jean-Martin Folz has been CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroën Group during ten years until 2007. He is currently a board member of Alstom, Axa, Société Générale, Carrefour, Solvay and Campagnie de St.-Gobain.

Sir Patrick Gillam
Sir Patrick Gillam was Managing Director of BP and subsequently went on to be Chairman of ASDA Group, Booker Tate, Royal and Sun Alliance Group and Standard Chartered Bank.

Sir Philip Hampton
Sir Philip Hampton has been Group Finance Director for British Steel, British Gas and was Finance Director for Lloyds TSB. He has been Non-Executive Director of RMC Group and joined Belgacom’s board in 2004. He is currently independent Chairman of J. Sainsbury.

Sir Christopher Hogg
Sir Christopher Hogg was CEO and Chairman of Courtaulds. He has been Chairman of the Reuters Group and of GlaxoSmithKline and is currently Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council.

Baroness Hogg
Baroness Hogg has been Chairman of 3i Group since January 2002 and Chairman of Frontier Economics since 1999. She is a Director of BG Group, has been a Non-Executive Director of GKN and the dual-listed company Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, and is Deputy Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council.

Dr. André Lévy-Lang
Dr. André Lévy-Lang was CEO of Paribas during ten years until the bank merged with BNP in 1999. He has held Directorships on the boards of Péchiney, Elf Aquitaine, Finaxa, Schlumberger and Assurances Générales de France (AGF).

Sir Tom McKillop
Sir Tom McKillop was appointed Chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in April 2006. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of BP. Previously Sir Tom was CEO of AstraZeneca.

Dick Olver
Dick Olver is Chairman of BAE Systems plc and Senior Independent Director of Reuters. He was Deputy Group Chief Executive of BP until January 2003. He continued his association with BP as Deputy Chairman of TNK-BP until October 2006.

Sir John Parker
Sir John Parker has been Chairman and CEO of Babcock International, Non-Executive Director of British Gas and GKN plc. He is currently Chairman of National Grid, Joint Chairman of Mondi plc, Deputy Chairman of Port and Free World Zone (Dubai) and Senior Non-Executive Director of the Bank of England.

Jaap Peters
Jaap Peters is the former Chairman and CEO of AEGON. His career has included Chairmanships of Randstad Holding and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten and Non-Executive Directorships at AEGON, Samas, Royal Vopak and Pharmacia.

Lord Simon of Highbury CBE
Lord Simon is the former CEO and Chairman of BP. He has been Minister of Trade and Competitiveness in Europe. He is currently a member of the boards of Unilever and Suez and a Senior Advisor of Morgan Stanley International.

Sir Richard Sykes
Sir Richard Sykes is the former Chairman and CEO of GlaxoSmithKline. He is currently Vice Chairman at Lonza Group and Senior Non-Executive Director of Rio Tinto and of Eurasian National Resources Corporation. He is also Chairman of Merlion Pharmaceuticals, of the Healthcare Advisory Group of Apax Partners and Metabometrix.

Morris Tabaksblat KBE
Morris Tabaksblat was Chairman and CEO of Unilever until 1999. He has been Chairman of Reed Elsevier, AEGON and TNT. He chaired the Corporate Governance Commission in the Netherlands and the ERT.

Karel Vuursteen
Karel Vuursteen was formerly CEO of Heineken. He is currently Deputy Chairman of Akzo Nobel and on the Supervisory Boards of ING Group, Heineken Holding, TomTom and Henkel. He has formerly been Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Ahold, Randstad Group and Petroplus International.