| Ms Mary MA Xuezheng
| Ms. Mary MA Xuezheng was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Unilever in May 2013. She is also a member of Unilever’s Audit Committee. Previously, Ms. Mary was a partner at private investment firm TPG Capital and Co-Chairman of TPG China where she primarily focused on investments in the Greater China region. Before joining TPG, Ms. MA Xuezheng was a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the world’s second largest Personal Computer business and global technology firm, Lenovo. She continues to be a Member of the Lenovo Board, since becoming Non-Executive Vice Chairman in 2007. Ms. Mary is also Chairman of Boyu Capital, a private equity fund she co-founded in 2011 which specializes in investments in China and a Non-Executive Director of Wumart Stores, the fastest growing retailer in China. Ms. Mary also serves on the Board of the Hong Kong-based watch and optical retailer, Stelux Holdings and is a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. She also has been a Member of both the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. She has been an Independent Director of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited since 2009 and a Member of the Dean's Council of the Kennedy School of Harvard University between 2002 till 2007. Ms. Mary holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1976 from Capital Normal University in Beijing and studied at King's College of the London University in the United Kingdom. |
| Mr Nils Smedegaard Andersen
| Mr. Nils Smedegaard Andersen is Board Member of Unilever PLC since April 2015. He has been Partner and Group CEO of A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S since 2007. He was Executive Vice President of Carlsberg A/S and Carlsberg Breweries A/S from 1999 till 2001, becoming President, CEO from 2001 till 2007. He has previously worked for de Danske Sukkerfabrikker, Tuborg International, Union Cervecera, Hannen Brauerei and Hero Group. Mr Andersen is currently Chairman of Dansk Supermarked Group, Vice-Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists, a Member of the Board of Directors of Inditex, Spain, and a Member of the Committee on Business Policies, Confederation of Danish Industry, as well as being Co-Chairman of EU-Russia Industries Round Table since 2007. Mr. Andersen graduated with a MSc in Economics from Aarhus University in 1982. |
| Ms Baroness Hogg
| Ms Baroness Hogg is Board Member at BG Group PLC. Sarah’s extensive career in government and with prominent regulatory bodies and major UK companies brings a highly vaSarah is a former head of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit and second permanent secretary from 1990 to 1995. Until 2010, she was chairman of 3i Group and has been a non-executive director of several other FTSE 100 companies.lued contribution to the Board and its corporate governance.Sarah was Senior Independent Director of BG Group from 2009 to 2013. |
| Mr Patrick Thomas
| Mr Patrick Thomas is a member of board of directors at Renault SA since April 30, 2014. Mr Thomas is Board Member at BG Group PLC. Patrick brings global executive experience, including more than 35 years in the chemical industry, providing a wider perspective and increased balance to Board debate. Patrick has extensive experience of working in Asia Pacific.Prior to joining the Bayer Group, Patrick spent seven years with the Huntsman Corporation, a US chemicals company, latterly as corporate executive vice president of Huntsman Matlin Patterson. Patrick held a number of positions with ICI Pharmaceuticals and Agrochemicals, including regional director for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and was also global chief executive officer of ICI Polyurethanes. |
| Mr Mark Seligman
| Mr Mark Seligman is Board Member at BG Group PLC. Mark provides the Board and Audit Committee with relevant financial expertise, gained through a high-profile career in the UK investment banking sector.Mark is a chartered accountant. His work with the Regional Growth Fund and as an alternate member of the Takeover Panel provides the Board with invaluable insight into the wider corporate governance landscape.Mark held senior roles at Barclays de Zoete Wedd and SG Warburg & Co, and is a former chairman of UK Investment Banking at Credit Suisse and a former member of the bank’s Global Investment Banking Executive Board. |
| Mr Lim Haw Kuang
| Mr Lim Haw Kuang is Board Member at BG Group PLC. Haw-Kuang has a wealth of expertise in the south east Asian energy markets, as well as in-depth knowledge of the Chinese oil and gas sector.Haw-Kuang is the former executive chairman of Shell China. He joined Royal Dutch Shell in Malaysia in 1978 and became executive chairman in 2005. Prior roles with Shell included business development manager for the former Soviet Union and Sakhalin; chairman and managing director Malaysia; president, oil products Asia Pacific and Middle East; and Shell International vice president of corporate strategy and planning.In 2011, he was honoured with the Great Wall Friendship Award, recognising his contribution to the city of Beijing. |
| Mr Caio Koch Weser
| Mr Caio Koch Weser is Board Member at BG Group PLC. Caio’s global financial, diplomatic and political experience is of significant value to the Board and he brings an in-depth knowledge of South America, and Brazil in particular.Caio was German deputy minister of finance from 1999 to 2005, responsible for international finance (G7 Deputy), European economic and financial affairs, as well as capital markets, banking and insurance. He was also chairman of the supervisory board of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). From 1973 to 1999, Caio was with the World Bank where he worked on Latin America, China, the Middle East and Africa. |
| Mr Martin Ferguson
| Mr Martin Ferguson is Board Member at BG Group PLC., Also with him international expertise, particularly in the resources and energy sector. Martin’s insight and experience in the development of Australia’s natural gas industry and the growing LNG market in Asia will prove invaluable to the Board. Martin is a former Australian federal minister for resources and energy, with a career in politics spanning 18 years. Prior to his election to the Australian House of Representatives in 1996, Martin was president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. |
| Mr John Hood
| Mr John Hood is Board Member at BG Group PLC. Mr John provides the Board and four Committees with expertise from his knowledge and deep experience of international business, and with analytical rigour arising from his leadership roles in higher education and research. BG Group’s sustainability activities also benefit from John’s philanthropic work with international non-governmental organisations.John was formerly vice chancellor of the universities of Oxford and Auckland. He has held advisory roles for the New Zealand and British governments and has served as a director of New Zealand-based enterprises, including ABS Bank, Fonterra Cooperative Group and Tonkin & Taylor. |
| Mr Steve Allen
| Mr Steve Allen is the contact person at BG Group PLC.Prior to joining the Group in 2005, Steve was a corporate lawyer for Herbert Smith. He was appointed Company Secretary in 2011, having previously been Chief Counsel, Corporate, leading the team providing legal support for corporate functions.Steve is an experienced lawyer with an established knowledge of BG Group and its corporate functions. As Company Secretary, Steve is responsible for advising the Board, through the Chairman, on all governance matters. All Directors have access to the advice and services of the Company Secretary, who is responsible for ensuring that Board procedures are complied with. He is responsible to the Board, through the Chairman, for advising and keeping the Board apprised of all legislative, regulatory and governance matters and developments. |
| Mr Phillip Ameen
| Mr Phillip Ameen is Board Member at HSBC Holdings PLC. Phillip Ameen was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2015. As a former Certified Public Accountant, he has extensive experience in accounting standards setting and reporting.Mr Ameen is a former Vice President, Comptroller and Principal Accounting Officer of General Electric Corp (GE).Mr Ameen has served on the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, was the longest-serving member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Emerging Issues Task Force and Chairman of the Committee on Corporate Reporting of Financial Executives International. He has also served as a Trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation Inc.Mr Ameen joined the Board of HSBC North America Holdings Inc. (HNAH) in April 2012 and chairs its Audit Committee and serves on its Risk Committee. He is also on the boards of the principal subsidiaries of HNAH, chairing their audit committees and serving on their risk committees. |
| Mr Akhilesh Baveja
| Mr. Akhilesh Baveja is a Manager of Magna Mena Fund N USD |
| Mr Nicholas Wilson
| Mr. Nicholas Wilson is the Fund Manager at Qatar Investment Fund plc. |
| Mr Paul Attwood
| Mr. Paul Attwood is the Fund Manager at Huntington Global Select Markets Fund - Institutional Shares |
| Ms Ghadir Abu Leil Cooper
| Ms. Ghadir Abu Leil Cooper is the Fund Manager at Baring MENA Fund Class A GBP Inc |
| Mr Simon Smith
| Mr. Simon Smith is the Fund Manager at VAM Managed Funds - Driehaus Fund - Class A - Dollar |
| Ms Funmi Akinluyi
| Ms. Funmi Akinluyi is the Fund Manager at Silk - African Lions Fund AR |
| Mr Joel kukemelk
| Mr. Joel kukemelk is the Fund Manager at LHV Persian Gulf Fund - A |
| Mr Richard Schmidt
| Mr. Richard Schmidt is the Fund Manager at Frontier Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
| Ms Babatunde Ojo
| Mr. Babatunde Ojo is the Fund Manager at Frontier Emerging Markets Equity Fund |
