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Non-executive director
Board director since May 2006
Board committees: Remuneration Committee and Nominations and Governance Committee
Anthony Watson CBE, aged 67, was appointed to the Board in May 2006. He is currently Chairman of Marks & Spencer Pension Trust Ltd. He is the senior independent director of Hammerson plc and Witan Investment Trust, a non-executive director of Lloyds Banking Group plc and sits on the Advisory Board of Norges Bank Investment Management. He joined the Board of the Shareholder Executive in October 2009, having been a member of its Advisory Group since April 2008. Prior to joining the Vodafone Board, he was Chief Executive of Hermes Pensions Management Limited, a position he had held since 2002. Previously he was Hermes' Chief Investment Officer, having been Managing Director of AMP Asset Management plc and the Chief International Investment Officer of Citicorp Investment Management from 1991 until joining Hermes in 1998. Tony was Chairman of The Strategic Investment Board in Northern Ireland until he retired in March 2009. In January 2009, he was awarded a CBE for his services to the economic redevelopment of Northern Ireland.
