Governance

Board committees

There are five board committees: the Audit committee, Remuneration committee, Nominations committee, the Committee on social and environmental accountability and the Chairman's committee. Each committee plays a vital role in ensuring that high standards of corporate governance are maintained throughout the Group. Committee terms of reference are reviewed annually by the board and the committees to ensure they continue to be at the forefront of best practice. These can be viewed in the corporate governance section of the website. Minutes of all committee meetings are made available to the board.

**Board committee membership**
	Audit committee	Remuneration committee	Committee on social and environmental accountability	Nominations committee	Chairman's committee
Chairman	Sir David Clementi	Andrew Gould	Richard Goodmanson	Paul Skinner	Paul Skinner
Members	Vivienne Cox Jan du Plessis Michael Fitzpatrick Lord Kerr Paul Tellier	Sir David Clementi Michael Fitzpatrick Richard Goodmanson Paul Tellier	Sir Rod Eddington Yves Fortier Lord Kerr	Sir Rod Eddington Yves Fortier Andrew Gould David Mayhew	Tom Albanese Guy Elliott


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Sir Richard Sykes was chair of the Remuneration committee and a member of the Nominations committee until his retirement on 24 April 2008. Upon Sir Richard Sykes' retirement on 24 April 2008, Andrew Gould was appointed senior independent director, chairman of the Remuneration committee and a member of the Nominations committee. Sir David Clementi assumed the chairmanship of the Audit committee on 24 April 2008 from Andrew Gould. Jan du Plessis was appointed a non executive director on 1 September 2008 and also joined the Audit committee. David Mayhew attends the Audit committee in an advisory capacity.

Directors' attendance at board and committee meetings during 2008

	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B
	Board - scheduled		Board - short notice		Audit committee		Remuneration committee		Nominations committee		Committee on social and environmental acountability		Chairman's committee
Tom Albanese	8	8	10	8									19	17
Sir David Clementi	8	8	10	7	8	8	7	7
Vivienne Cox	8	8	10	9	8	7
Jan du Plessis	3	3	7	5	2	2
Sir Rod Eddington	8	7	10	8					6	5	4	2
Guy Elliott	8	8	10	10									19	15
Dick Evans	8	8	10	10
Michael Fitzpatrick	8	8	10	10	8	5	7	6
Yves Fortier	8	8	10	10					6	6	4	4
Richard Goodmanson	8	8	10	7			7	7			4	4
Andrew Gould	8	8	10	8	4	3	7	7	4	4
Lord Kerr	8	8	10	10	8	8					4	4
David Mayhew	8	8	10	9					6	6
Paul Skinner	8	8	10	10					6	6			19	18
Sir Richard Sykes	3	3	1	-			2	2
Paul Tellier	8	8	10	8	8	8	7	7

Notes

A = Maximum number of meetings the director could have attended.
B = Number of meetings attended.