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Women Movers & Shakers:

156 Board and Executive Moves – 1 January – 31 October 2011

Financial Services – 22 NED Appointments

FTSE 100
7 NED Appointments:

  • Gay Huey-Evans, Aviva
  • The Hon. Laura Cha, HSBC Holdings plc
  • Olivia Dickson, Investec
  • Alison Carnwath, Man Group plc
  • Maria Castillo Sanz, Old Mutual plc
  • Alison Davis and Baroness Sheila Noakes, Royal Bank of Scotland

 

FTSE 250
8 NED Appointments:

  • Julie Chakraverty and Anita Frew, Aberdeen Asset Management Plc
  • *Sarah Arkle, Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust
  • Dr Linda Yueh, JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust plc
  • Helen James, Mercantile Investment Trust plc
  • *Ella Brown, Murray International Trust plc
  • Sarah Bates, Polar Capital Technology Trust
  • Angela Knight, Tullett Prebon plc

 

Other
7 NED Appointments:

  • Fields Wicker-Miurin, BNP Paribas
  • Anne Gunther and Merlyn Lowther, Co-Operative Banking Group
  • *Katrina Hart, MAM Funds plc
  • Helen Sinclair, Octopus Eclipse 3 VCT
  • Carol Sergeant, Secure Trust Bank
  • Dr Ana Maria Rivas, Societe Generale

 

Average age: 54

*3 Females have been appointed their first NED

7 British, 2 Spanish, 1 American, 1 Canadian, 1 Chinese and 10 unknown

 

 

Financial Services – 28 Senior Appointments

FTSE 100
7 Senior Appointments:

  • Diana Cesar, Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, HSBC
  • Sarah Threadgould, Head of UK Marketing, HSBC
  • Alison Brittain, Division Director, Lloyds Banking Group
  • Betty Zhao, Head of China Origination Group for Asia, Royal Bank of Scotland
  • Helen Gordon, Head of West Register, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc 
  • Annemarie Durbin, Group Head of Strategy and Corporate Development, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Diana Layfield, Regional CEO for Africa, Standard Chartered Bank  

 

FTSE 250
3 Senior Appointments:

  • Helen Webster, Chief Operating Officer, Aberdeen Asset Management
  • Anne Richards, Chief Investment Officer, Aberdeen Investment Trust Plc
  • Tracy Fennell, Group Head of Marketing, F&C Asset Management Plc

 

Other
18 Senior Appointments:

  • Susan Skerritt, Global Product Management, Bank of New York Mellon
  • Andrea Sullivan, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Marina Kraschenko, Head of ECM, Deutsche Bank
  • Elena Loginova, Head Key Clients in Russia, Deutsche Bank
  • Anjali Mohanty, Head of Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank
  • Carol Sergeant, Chairman of the Steering Group, HM Treasury
  • Julie Wakkie, Managing Director, ING
  • Nadia Schiavon, Head of Treasury Services for Australia and New Zealand, JP Morgan
  • Katerina Sizova, Head of Business in Russia, JP Morgan Chase & Co
  • Vicki Harris, Chief Operations Officer, Octopus Investments
  • Anne Gunther, Chief Executive Officer, Peterborough & Norwich Building Society
  • Yvonne Ike, Chief Executive Officer of West Africa, Renaissance Capital
  • Kyle Hoffman, Vice President, Royal Bank of Canada
  • Charlotte Hogg, Executive Director, Santander UK plc
  • Alison Brittain, Division Director, Santander UK plc
  • Suzanne Duncan, Global Head of Research, State Street
  • Maria Cantillon, Global Head of Sales, State Street
  • Ellen Goldstein, County Director for Nepal, The World Bank Group

 

Corporates – 64 NED Appointments

FTSE 100
26 NED Appointments:

  • Kathleen O’Donovan and *Janice Roberts, ARM Holdings Plc
  • Baroness Shriti Vadera, AstraZeneca plc
  • Paula Rosput Reynolds, BAE Systems plc
  • Ann Godbehere, British American Tobacco
  • *Jasmine Whitbread and Karen Richardson, BT Group plc
  • Louise Alexandra (Lady Patten of Wincanton), Capital Shopping Centres Groups
  • Margherita Valle, Centrica plc
  • Judy Lewent and *Stacey Cartwright, GlaxosmithKline
  • Judith Gibbons, Hammerson plc
  • *The Rt. Hon. Ruth Maria Kelly, National Grid plc
  • Roxanne Decyk, Petrofac Ltd
  • Linda Stuntz, Royal Dutch Shell plc
  • Lesley Knox and Helen Weir,  SABMiller plc
  • Ruth Markland, Sage Group plc
  • *Katie Bickerstaffe, Scottish & Southern Energy
  • Angela Risley, Serco Group plc
  • Susan Kilsby, Shire plc
  • Renee James, Vodafone Group plc
  • *Melanie Gee, Weir Group plc
  • Susan Hooper and *Susan Taylor Martin, Whitbread plc
  • Tessa Bamford, Wolseley plc

 

FTSE 250
31 NED Appointments:

  • Kathryn Swann, Babcock International Group
  • *Alison Nimmo, Berkeley Group Holdings plc
  • Baroness Denise Kingsmill, Betfair Group plc
  • Eugenia Labbancz, Bunzl plc
  • Alison Wood, Cobham plc
  • Dr Emma Fitzgerald, Cookson Group
  • Helen Keays and *Syl Saller, Domino’s Pizza UK & IRL plc
  • *Adele Anderson, EasyJet plc
  • Dr Clare Spottiswoode, Enquest plc
  • Belinda Richards, Grainger plc
  • Claudia Arney and Emma Fitzgerald, Halfords Group plc
  • Victoria Jarman, Hays plc
  • Cath Keers, Home Retail Group plc
  • Kanwarpal (Vicky) Bindra, InchCape plc
  • Deena Mattar, Invensys
  • Julia Le Blan, Impax Environmental Markets plc
  • Brenda Reichelderfer, Meggitt plc
  • *Amanda Mackenzie, Mothercare plc
  • Val Gooding, Premier Farnell plc
  • Tracey Graham, RPS
  • *Janet Ashdown, SIG plc
  • *Claire Jenkins, Sports Direct International Plc
  • *Elizabeth Hewitt, Synergy Health plc
  • Katharine Barker, Taylor Wimpey
  • Sahar Elhabashi, Telecity Group plc
  • *Martine Verluyten, Thomas Cook  
  • Ruth Anderson, Travis Perkins plc
  • Coline McConville, TUI Travel plc
  • Dr Pamela Kirby, Victrex plc

 

Other
7 NED Appointments:

  • Baroness Shriti Vadera, BHP Billiton plc
  • Baroness Denise Kingsmill, International Consolidated Airlines
  • Baroness Sarah Hogg, John Lewis Partnership
  • *Elizabeth Headon, Kenmare Resources
  • Judy Lewent, Motorola Solutions Inc
  • Bridget Rosewell, Network Rail Ltd
  • Carol Ferguson, Vernalis plc

 

Average age: 54

*16 females have been appointed their first NED appointment.

25 British, 7 American, 1 Australian, 1 Canadian, 1 Belgian, 1 Irish and 25 unknown

 

Corporates – 12 Senior Appointments

FTSE 100
8 Senior Appointments:

  • Tracey Kerr, Group Head of Geosciences Exploration, Anglo American Plc
  • Lucinda Bell, Finance Director, British Land Plc
  • Janice Brown, Finance Director/Managing Director, Cairn plc
  • Sarah Booth, General Counsel/Company Secretary, Hammerson plc
  • Angela Brav, Regional CEO for Europe, Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc
  • Tracy Robbins, Executive Vice President, Intercontinental Hotels Group plc
  • Laura Wade-Gery, Executive Vice President, Marks & Spencer
  • Elizabeth Doherty, CFO, Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

 

FTSE 250
1 Senior Appointment:

  • Claire Balmforth, Executive Director, Carpetright plc

 

Other
3 Senior Appointments:

  • Julia Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, Blacks Leisure Group Plc
  • Dr Clare Spottiswoode, Chairman, Energetix Group plc
  • Francoise Guillaume, Global Chief Operating Officer, Newedge

 

Professional Services – 6 NED Appointments

FTSE 250
1 NED Appointment:

  • *Linda Jensen, ITE Group plc

 

Other
5 NED Appointments:

  • DeAnne Julius, Deloitte
  • *Dame Janet Gaymer and *Pat Stafford, Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd
  • Dame Patricia Hodgson and *Dame Lynn Brindley, Office of Communications (OFCOM)

 

Average age: 62

*4 Females have been appointed their first NED appointment.

3 British, 1 American and 2 Unknown

 

Professional Services – 3 Senior Appointments

  • Elizabeth Chambers, Global Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Margot Katz, Group Director of Talent, Harvey Nash Group plc
  • Kendra Felisky, Chief Risk Officer for Europe, The Travelers Companies

 

Charity – 2 NED Appointments

 

  • Catherine May and Kate O’Neill have been appointed NEDs, English National Opera

 

19 Selected roles women have stepped down from since 1st January 2011

 

  • Nicole Murphey has stepped down as NED, SVM UK Active Fund plc
  • Sara Weller has stepped down as Managing Director, Argos Ltd
  • Deanna Oppenheimer has stepped down as Vice Chairman/Division CEO and will be stepping down as Division Vice Chairman at the end of the year, Barclays plc
  • Sally Davis has stepped down as Division CEO, BT Group plc
  • Kay Chaldecott has stepped down as Executive Director, Capital Shopping Centres Group plc
  • Zoe Harris has stepped down as Marketing Controller, Channel 5
  • Stevie Spring has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer, Future Plc
  • Penelope Hughes has stepped down as NED, Home Retail Group plc
  • Anna Crona has stepped down as Marketing Director, IKEA
  • Carol Sergeant has stepped down as Chief Risk Officer, Lloyds Banking Group plc
  • Brigitte Trafford has stepped down as Group Communications Director, Lloyds Banking Group
  • Helen Weir has stepped down as Group Executive Director,  Lloyds Banking Group plc
  • Louise Alexandra (Lady Patten of Wincanton) has stepped down as Independent NED, Marks & Spencer
  • Alison Masters has stepped down as Central Marketing Group Director, Microsoft
  • Kristine Kirby has stepped down as e-commerce & Multichannel Director, Monsoon Accessorize
  • Joanna Speed has stepped down as Director – Investor Relations, Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
  • Valerie Gooding has stepped down as Independent NED, Sainsbury plc
  • Alison Brittain has stepped down as Executive Director – Retail, Santander UK plc
Sally Scott has stepped down as Marketing Director, Selfridges
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