Glen Moreno, †• chairman, aged 67, was appointed chairman of Pearson
on 1 October 2005 and is chairman of the nomination committee. He was
appointed deputy chairman of The Financial Reporting Council Limited in
November 2010. He is also the senior independent director of Lloyds
Banking Group plc as well as a non-executive director of Fidelity
International Limited. He was previously the senior independent director
of Man Group plc and acting chairman of UK Financial Investments
Limited, the company set up by HM Treasury to manage the government’s
shareholdings in UK banks.
Marjorie Scardino, • chief executive, aged 64, joined the Pearson
board in January 1997. She trained and practised as a lawyer, and was
chief executive of The Economist Group from 1993 until joining Pearson.
She is also vice chairman of Nokia Corporation and on the boards of
several charitable organisations. In 2010 she was named a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Will Ethridge, chief executive, Pearson North American Education,
aged 59, joined the Pearson board in May 2008, having held a number of
senior positions within Pearson Education, including CEO of the
International and Higher Education divisions. He is chairman of
CourseSmart, a publishers’ digital retail consortium and chairman of the
Association of American Publishers.
Rona Fairhead, chairman and chief executive of The Financial Times
Group, aged 49, joined the Pearson board in June 2002 as chief financial
officer. She was appointed chief executive of The Financial Times Group
in June 2006 and became responsible for Pearson VUE in March 2008. From
1996 until 2001, she served as executive vice president, group control
and strategy at ICI. She is also a non-executive director of HSBC
Holdings plc and chairs the HSBC audit and risk committees. In December
2010 she was appointed as a
non-executive director of The Cabinet
Office.
Robin Freestone, chief financial officer, aged 52, joined Pearson in
2004 as deputy chief financial officer and became chief financial
officer in June 2006, when he also joined the Pearson board. He was
previously group financial controller of Amersham plc (now part of GE).
He qualified as a chartered accountant with Touche Ross (now Deloitte).
He is also a non-executive director and founder shareholder of eChem
Limited.
John Makinson, chairman and chief executive of The Penguin Group,
aged 56, joined the Pearson board in March 1996 and was finance director
until June 2002. He was appointed chairman of The Penguin Group in May
2001. He is also chairman of The Royal National Theatre and trustee of
the Institute for Public Policy Research.
David Arculus, *†• aged 64, is a non-executive director of Telefónica
S.A. He is also chairman of Numis Corporation plc and in October 2010
was appointed chairman of Aldermore Bank plc. His previous roles include
chairman of O2 plc, Severn Trent plc and IPC Group, chief
operating officer of United Business Media plc and group managing
director of EMAP plc. He became a non-executive director of Pearson in
February 2006 and is chairman of the remuneration committee.
Patrick Cescau, *†• aged 62, is the senior independent director of
Tesco plc and a director of INSEAD, the Business School for the World.
In September 2010, he joined the board of IAG, the International
Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. He was previously group chief
executive of Unilever. He became a non-executive director of Pearson in
April 2002 and senior independent director in April 2010.
Susan Fuhrman, *• aged 66, is president of Teachers College at
Columbia University, America’s oldest and largest graduate school of
education and president of the National Academy of Education. She was
previously dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of
Pennsylvania and on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. She became a non-executive director of
Pearson in July 2004.
Ken Hydon, *†• aged 66, is a non-executive director of Reckitt
Benckiser Group plc, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Tesco plc.
He was previously financial director of Vodafone Group plc and of
subsidiaries of Racal Electronics. He became a non-executive director of
Pearson in February 2006 and is chairman of the audit committee.