Rupert Pennant-Rea Appointed as non-executive chairman in July 2009, having served as a non-executive director since August 2006. Chairman of Henderson Group, and a non-executive director of Go-Ahead Group, Gold Fields, Times Newspapers and Hochschild Mining. Editor of The Economist from 1986 to 1993 and deputy governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 1995. |
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Andrew Rashbass Appointed as Group chief executive in July 2008. Formerly publisher and managing director of The Economist. |
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Sir David Bell Appointed as a non-executive director in August 2005. He retired as an executive director of Pearson and as chairman of the Financial Times in 2009. He is chairman of Sadler’s Wells. |
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John Elkann Appointed as a non-executive director in July 2009. Chairman of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli e C, Exor, Editrice La Stampa and Itedi, and a director of Fiat Industrial, SGS and Gruppo Banca Leonardo. Also vice-chairman of the Italian Aspen Institute and the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation. |
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Rona Fairhead Appointed as a non-executive director in July 2005. Chairman and chief executive of the Financial Times Group, an executive director of Pearson and a non-executive director of HSBC Holdings and the Cabinet Office of the UK government. |
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Philip Mengel Appointed as a non-executive director in July 1999. Operating partner of Snow Phipps Group and director of Orient Express Hotels. Previously chief executive officer of US Can Corporation, English Welsh & Scottish Railway and Ibstock. |
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John Micklethwait Appointed as a director in May 2006, and editor of The Economist since April 2006, having joined the editorial staff in July 1987. Previously US editor. A trustee of the British Museum. |
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Sir Simon Robertson Appointed as a non-executive director in July 2005. Chairman of Rolls-Royce Holdings, deputy chairman and senior independent director of HSBC Holdings, director of the Royal Opera House and Berry Bros & Rudd, founder of Simon Robertson Associates and a trustee of the Eden Trust. |
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Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild Appointed as a non-executive director in October 2002. Sole member of EL Rothschild and a non-executive director of the Estée Lauder Companies. A trustee of the Eranda Foundation, the Tate Foundation, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the American Patrons of Tate. |
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Chris Stibbs Joined the company as Group finance director in July 2005, and also appointed as managing director of the Economist Intelligence Unit in April 2010. A non-executive director of Motivcom. Previously corporate development director of Incisive Media, finance director of the TBP Group and managing director of the FT Law and Tax Division. |
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Luke Swanson |