44 2009/10 Annual Report and Accounts

Board of Directors

The names and details of the current Directors are set Jim Lawrence out below. All served during the financial year ended Independent Non-executive Director since November 2006. 31 March 2010. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Jim was previously Chief Financial Officer of Unilever. Board members as at 20 May 2010.

Alison Reed Chairman Independent Non-executive Director since December 2003. Martin Broughton Chairman of the Audit Committee. Remuneration Board member since May 2000, becoming non-executive Committee. Alison was previously Chief Financial Officer Chairman in July 2004. At the time of his appointment, of Marks & Spencer plc and Standard Life plc. She is a Martin met the independence criteria set out in paragraph chartered accountant. A.3.1 of the Combined Code on Corporate Governance (June 2008). Chairman of the Nominations Committee. Rafael Sánchez-Lozano Turmo Martin is currently Deputy President of the Confederation Non-executive Director since December 2009. Safety of British Industry (CBI) and Chairman of Liverpool Football Review Committee. Rafael is Managing Director and Chief Club and Athletic Grounds Ltd. Operating Officer of Lineas Aéreas de España S.A..

Chief Executive Ken Smart Willie Walsh Independent Non-executive Director since July 2005. Executive Board member since May 2005, becoming Chief Chairman of the Safety Review Committee. Audit Executive in October 2005. Formerly Chief Executive of Committee. Ken is Chairman of the UK Aviation and , he is an honorary board member of Flight Maritime Industries Confidential Human Factors Incident Safety International. Reporting Programme (CHIRP), a member of the Flight Safety Foundation Board of Governors and a Visiting Chief Financial Officer Professor at Cranfield University. Keith Williams Executive Board member since January 2006. Having Baroness Symons joined the airline in 1998 as Head of Taxation and being Independent Non-executive Director since July 2005. Audit additionally appointed Group Treasurer in 2000, Keith was and Safety Review Committees. Life peer since 1996 and appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2006. He is a Privy Councillor since 1998. Former Deputy Leader of the Non-executive Director of Transport for London and Iberia House of Lords and Minister of State from 1997 until 2005 Lineas Aéreas de España S.A.. Keith is a chartered accountant. when she stepped down from government. International advisor to DLA Piper, Rio Tinto plc, Consolidated Non-executive Directors Contractors Company, MerchantBridge, and Non-executive Maarten van den Bergh Director of Caparo Group. Independent Non-executive Director since July 2002, Senior Independent Director since July 2004. Audit, Nominations Company Secretary and Remuneration Committees. Alan Buchanan Joined the airline in 1990, becoming Company Secretary in Baroness Kingsmill April 2000. Independent Non-executive Director since November 2004. Audit, Nominations and Safety Review Committees. A All Directors are subject to retirement every three years and former Deputy Chairman of the Competition Commission, are eligible for re-election by the shareholders. In accordance she chaired the Department of Trade and Industry’s with the Company’s Articles of Association, Rafael Sánchez- Accounting for People task force. A member of the Lozano Turmo will seek election and Jim Lawrence and Microsoft European Policy Council, member of Alison Reed will retire and seek re-election by shareholders PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Board, Non-executive at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 13 July 2010. Director of Horizon plc and Korn/Ferry International. Biographical notes about the Director seeking election and the Directors seeking re-election are set out in the explanatory notes of the Notice of Annual General Meeting.