Our business

Our Board

1 John W Whybrow

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Chairman

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 1 August 1997 and became Chairman on 13 December 2002. Standing for re-election in 2008.

Experience

Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Disclosure Committees. Mr Whybrow is a Non Executive Director of DSG International plc and was Chairman of CSR plc from March 2004 until May 2007. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips Lighting Holding B.V., based in the Netherlands, until 2001 and Executive Vice President, Philips Electronics from 1998 until March 2002, when he returned to the UK. Mr Whybrow is Chairman of Petworth Cottage Nursing Home. Age 61.

a Member of the Audit Committee
d Member of the Disclosure Committee
e Member of the Executive Committee
n Member of the Nominations Committee
r Member of the Remuneration Committee
t Member of the Treasury Committee

2 Claude ‘Chip’ A S Hornsby

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Group Chief Executive

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 3 May 2001 and became Group Chief Executive on 1 August 2006. Last re-elected in 2007.

Experience

Mr Hornsby has spent 30 years with the Group. He was previously the CEO of Wolseley North America, having been President and Chief Executive Officer of Ferguson Enterprises Inc., the US plumbing and heating division since 2001. He is a Non Executive Director of Virginia Company Bank and is Rector for Christopher Newport University. Age 52.

3 Robert H Marchbank

Chief Executive Officer, Europe and Managing Director, Wolseley UK Limited

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 24 January 2005 and standing for re-election in 2008.

Experience

Mr Marchbank is responsible for all the European businesses. He first joined Ferguson Enterprises Inc. in 1982 and in 2001 he moved to the UK to join the newly created Wolseley Group headquarters as Director of Strategic Planning and was then appointed as the Director of Information and Processes. Mr Marchbank took on full operational responsibility as MD for Wolseley UK and Ireland in July 2008. Age 48.

4 Frank W Roach

Chief Executive Officer, North America

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 16 December 2005 and last re-elected in 2006.

Experience

Mr Roach is responsible for all the North American businesses. He first joined Ferguson Enterprises Inc. in 1976 and has held a number of business roles. In 2005, Mr Roach was appointed as Senior Vice President of the Wolseley North America management team, playing a key part in further developing and expanding the Group’s North American businesses. Age 57.

5 Stephen P Webster

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Chief Financial Officer

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 1 August 1994 and standing for re-election in 2008.

Experience

Mr Webster, a chartered accountant, was appointed as Group Finance Director on 9 December 1994. He is chairman of the Disclosure and Treasury Committees. He was formerly a partner in Price Waterhouse. Mr Webster is a Non Executive Director of Bradford & Bingley plc. Age 55.

6 Gareth Davis

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Non Executive Director

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 1 July 2003 and last re-elected in 2006.

Experience

Senior Independent Director and a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Mr Davis has been Chief Executive of Imperial Tobacco Group plc since its incorporation in 1996, having spent the last 36 years in the tobacco industry. Age 58.

7 Andrew J Duff

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Non Executive Director

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 1 July 2004 and last re-elected in 2007.

Experience

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee. Mr Duff is Chief Executive of RWE npower plc. He spent 14 years at BP plc where he held leading positions in marketing and oil trading and was latterly the Director of Strategic Planning for BP Oil, USA. Mr Duff is a member of CBI President’s committee, the CBI Climate Change board and the Green Fiscal Commission. Age 49.

8 James I K Murray

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Non Executive Director

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 12 April 2002 and last re-elected in 2007.

Experience

Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominations Committee. Mr Murray, a chartered accountant, was a Non Executive Director of UK Coal PLC and was also Finance Director of Land Securities PLC from 1991 until his retirement in 2001. Mr Murray is the Chairman of Trustees of the Land Securities Pension Fund. Age 62.

9 Nigel M Stein

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Non Executive Director

Appointment and election

Appointed to the Board on 1 December 2003 and last re-elected in 2006.

Experience

A member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Mr Stein, a chartered accountant, is currently Chief Executive Automotive of GKN plc and during his 14 years with this group has worked in a number of senior financial roles; he was, until September 2007, the Finance Director. Prior to GKN, he held senior financial positions with Laird Security Systems and Hestair Duple Limited. Age 52.

10 Richard Shoylekov

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Group Company Secretary and General Counsel

Appointment

Joined Wolseley plc in November 2007.

Experience

He is secretary to the Board and all of the Committees of the Board and is a member of the Disclosure and Executive Committees. Mr Shoylekov, a solicitor, has responsibility for the Group’s legal affairs, insurance and corporate responsibility. Age 43.