Roger Devlin
Senior Independent Non-Executive
Director
Aged 50. Roger Devlin chairs three private equity companies - Principal Hotels (on behalf of Permira),Verere Italia (Advent) and Gamesys. He is also a non-executive director of National Express. Roger read law at Oxford and trained in the City with Hill Samuel, before going on to join the boards of both Hilton International and Ladbrokes. He joined the Board on 29 April 2002 and is serving a second three-year term. His contract is to be extended for a third three-year term.
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| Date of contract | Unexpired term at 31 December 2007 | Notice period | |||||||
| April 2002 | 4 months | N/A | |||||||
| Emoluments and Compensation | |||||||||
Emoluments excluding pensions |
Pension (paid and provided) |
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Basic salary |
Bonus |
Fees |
Benefits |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2007 |
2006 |
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£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
£000s |
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- |
- |
32 |
- |
32 |
27 |
27 |
- |
- |
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| Beneficial Interests | |||||||||
Number of shares at 31 December 2007 and at 13 February 2008 |
Number of shares at 31 December 2006 and at 21 February 2007 |
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| Total | - |
- |
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| Pensions | |||||||||
| Pension contributons are paid into a Group personal pension. | |||||||||
| Committee membership – Board and Committee | |||||||||
Full |
Audit |
Rremuneration |
Nomination |
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Board |
Committee |
Committee |
Committee |
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| Number of Board and Committee meetings attended | 9 |
3 |
- |
2 |
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