Karen McPherson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Aged 55. Karen was a Non-Executive Director of F&C Asset Management Plc from 1985 to October 2006. Karen has extensive Human Resources experience and currently runs her own independent HR consultancy business, Potential Unlimited, which she founded in 2000. Prior to this Karen worked for F&C Management Plc from 1996 to 1998 as Director and Head of Human Resources. She previously worked for JP Morgan and Chemical Bank. Karen was appointed to the Board in June 2005 and is serving an initial three-year term.
| Service Contract | |||||||||
| Date of contract | Unexpired term at 31 December 2007 | Notice period | |||||||
| June 2005 | 6 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 |
13 |
- |
- |
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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 |
- |
4 |
2 |
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| * Chairman | |||||||||