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Board of directors

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Chairman of Savills plc, and Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Peter Smith

Aged 62, was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 24 May 2004 and was elected Chairman with effect from 1 November 2004. His other non-executive appointments are: N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Associated British Foods plc and Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust plc.He became a Non-Executive Director of Rothschild Bank AG on 23 June 2008. Formerly, Peter was Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and served for two years as Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand International and as a member of the global leadership team of PwC. He served as Chairman of RAC Plc and was a Non-Executive Director of Safeway plc.

 
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Group Chief Executive
Jeremy Helsby

Aged 53, joined Savills in 1980 and was appointed to the Board in 1999.He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Savills Commercial and Savills Europe for seven years until he was appointed as Group Chief Executive on 7 May 2008. He remains a Director of Savills Asia Pacific Limited.

 
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Group Chief Financial Officer
Simon Shaw

Aged 44, Simon Shaw will join the Board as Group Chief Financial Officer on 16 March 2009. Simon is a Chartered Accountant. He is Non- Executive Chairman of Synairgen plc. He was Chief Financial Officer of Gyrus Group PLC from 2003 until its sale to Olympus Corporation in 2008, having previously been Chief Operating Officer of Profile Therapeutics plc between 1998 and 2003. Between 1991 and 1997 he was a corporate financier, latterly at Hambros Bank Limited. Simon is a member of the techMARK Advisory Group of the London Stock Exchange, which advises the Exchange on matters of Technology and Mediscience.

 
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Chief Executive – Asia Pacific
Robert McKellar

Aged 49, was appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director on 1 June 2000 having served as Finance Director of Savills Commercial Limited since December 1994. He was appointed Chief Executive – Asia Pacific on 31 March 2005.

 
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Director
Rupert Sebag-Montefiore

Aged 55, joined Savills in 1980 and was appointed to the Board on 31 May 1995. On 26 October 2004, he became Chairman of Savills (L&P) Limited, having served as its Managing Director since May 2000. He is the Executive Director responsible for the UK residential and general practice surveying business. Between 2001 and 2008 he served on the Board of Fastcrop plc (the holding company of Primelocation.com) and served as Chairman between November 2004 and September 2008 during which time the company was sold to Daily Mail and General Trust plc. DMGT have subsequently appointed him as Non-Executive Chairman of The Digital Property Group Advisory Board.

 
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Director
Simon Hope

Aged 44, joined Savills in September 1986 and was appointed to the Board on 1 May 1999. He is the Executive Director responsible for our Capital Markets team and Head of Savills Commercial Investment. From 1 January 2009, he assumed responsibility for our American business.He is also Chairman of the Management Board of our European businesses and a member of the Charities Fund Property Board.

 
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Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Charles McVeigh

Aged 66, was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 August 2000. He is currently Chairman of Citigroup’s Corporate and Investment Banking – Global Wealth Management Partnership, having until recently been Co-Chairman of Citigroup’s European Investment Bank (formerly known as Schroder Salomon Smith Barney). He also serves on the Board of EFG-Hermes and is a member of both the Development Board and Advisory Council of the Prince’s Trust. Formerly he has served on the Boards of Witan Investment Company plc, Clearstream, the London Stock Exchange, LIFFE and British American Business Inc; he was also appointed by the Bank of England to serve on the City Capital Markets Committee and the Legal Risk Review Committee. He was also a member of the Fulbright Commission.

 
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Picture of Fields Wicker-Miurin OBE

Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Fields Wicker-Miurin OBE

Aged 50, was appointed to the Board on 27 June 2002. She is co-founder and partner of Leaders’ Quest and chairs its Advisory Board. She is a Non-Executive Director of the CDC Group and was on the Board of the UK’s Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform for six years until 2008. She is also a governor of King’s College London where she chairs the audit committee. Previously she was Chief Financial Officer and Director of Strategy at the London Stock Exchange.

 
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Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Timothy Ingram

Aged 61, was appointed to the Board on 27 June 2002. He is Chief Executive of Caledonia Investments plc and a Non-Executive Director of The Sage Group plc, ANZ Bank (Europe) Limited and Alok Industries Limited. He was formerly Chief Executive of First National Finance Corporation, a main Board Director of Abbey National plc and a Non-Executive Director of Hogg Robinson plc.

 
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Independent Non-Executive Director
Martin Angle

Aged 58, was appointed to the Board on 2 January 2007. He is a Non-Executive Director of JSC Severstal, Dubai International Capital LLC and The National Exhibition Centre (Chairman). He also became a Non-Executive Director of Pennon Group plc on 1 December 2008. Formerly, he served as Chairman of Celerant Consulting, as Group Finance Director of TI Group plc and held various executive roles with Terra Firma Capital Partners and its portfolio companies, including The Waste Recycling Group (Executive Chairman) and Le Meridien Hotel Group (Deputy Chairman). He is also a member of the Board of Warwick Business School.

 

Audit Committee
Remuneration Committee
Nomination Committee
Group Executive Board

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