- Part I: Summary
- Part II: Risk Factors
- Part III: The Scheme of Arrangement and Share Capital Consolidation
- Part IV: Directors, Company Secretary, Registered Office and Advisers
- Part V: Presentation of Statisical Data and Other Information
- Part VI: Information on The Group
- Part VII: Directors and Corporate Governance
- Part VIII: Selected Financial Information
- Part IX: Operating and Financial Review
- Part X: Accountant's Reports and Financial Information
- Part XI: Interim Financial Information of The Group for The 26 Week Period Ended 2 August 2008
- Part XII: Additional Information
- Part XIII: Definitions
PART VII
DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
1. DIRECTORS
The Directors of the Company as at the date of this document and their respective roles are set out in Part IV of this document.
The management expertise and experience of each of the Directors is set out below.
Sir Malcolm Williamson, 69, Chairman (non-executive) of Signet since June 2006, joined the Group in 2005. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Visa International between 1998 and 2004, before which he was group chief executive of Standard Chartered PLC from 1993 to 1998. He is Chairman of National Australia Group Europe Limited (and a principal board member of National Australia Bank), CDC Group plc and Youth Business International Advisory Board. He is also a non-executive director of JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings, a member of the Board of Trustees for The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum, and Chairman of the Cass Business School Strategy & Development Board.
Terry Burman, 62, Group Chief Executive of Signet since 2000, until January 2006, he was also Chief Executive Officer of the Group's US division. Mr Burman was appointed to the Signet Board in 1996. Prior to joining the Group in 1995 he was Chief Executive Officer of Barrys Jewelers, Inc. Mr Burman was appointed a non-executive director of Yankee Holding Corp. in October 2007.
Walker Boyd, 56, Group Finance Director of Signet since 1995, he is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. From 1992 he was Finance Director of the Group's UK division.
Mark Light, 47, appointed Chief Executive of Signet's US division in January 2006, having been President and Chief Operating Officer of the US division from 2002. He joined Signet in 1978.
Robert Blanchard, 63, Non-executive director of Signet since 2000, he was a Group Vice President of Procter & Gamble and President of its Global Skin Care and Cosmetics business until his retirement in 1999. He was a non-executive director of Bandag Inc. until he retired from that board in May 2006. He was also a non-executive director of Best Buy Co.
Dale W. Hilpert, 65, Non-executive director of Signet since 2003, he was Chief Executive of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. from April 2001 until his retirement in January 2003. Prior to this he was Chairman and Chief Executive of Foot Locker, Inc. which he joined as President and Chief Operating Officer in 1995.
Russell Walls, 64, Non-executive director of Signet since 2002, and nominated as Senior Independent Director in June 2008. He was group finance director of BAA plc until his retirement in August 2002 and was the senior independent director of Hilton Group plc until May 2003 and Stagecoach Group plc until August 2006. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Mr Walls is a non-executive director of Aviva plc, nonexecutive Chairman of Delphic Diagnostics Limited and Treasurer of the British Red Cross Society.
For further information on the Directors, including the companies of which each of the Directors has been a director at any time in the past five years, see "Directors and Other Interests" in Part XII of this document.