Pearson

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.