People: Pearson PLC (PSON.L)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Glen Moreno

 69 2005 Chairman of the Board

John Fallon

 50 2013 Chief Executive- Designate

Robin Freestone

 54 2006 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director

William Ethridge

 61 2008 Chief Executive, Pearson North American Education, Executive Director

John Makinson

 58 2002 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Penguin Group, Executive Director

Philip Hoffman

 Company Secretary

David Arculus

 66 2006 Non-Executive Independent Director

Vivienne Cox

 53 2013 Senior Non-Executive Independent Director

Susan Fuhrman

 68 2004 Non-Executive Independent Director

Ken Hydon

 68 2006 Non-Executive Independent Director

Joshua Lewis

 50 2011 Non-Executive Independent Director

Simon Mays-Smith

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Biographies

Name Description

Glen Moreno

 Mr. Glen R. Moreno is Chairman of the Board of Pearson Plc. He has more than three decades of experience in business and finance, and is currently deputy chairman of The Financial Reporting Council Limited in the UK, deputy chairman and senior independent director at Lloyds Banking Group plc, and non-executive director of Fidelity International Limited. Previously, Glen was senior independent director of Man Group plc and acting chairman of UK Financial Investments Limited, the company set up by HM Treasury to manage the government’s shareholdings in British banks.

John Fallon

 Mr. John Fallon is Chief Executive- Designate of Pearson PLC. John since 2008 had been responsible for the company's education businesses outside North America, and a member of the Pearson management committee. He joined Pearson in 1997 as director of communications and was appointed President of Pearson Inc., a role he combined with his communications responsibilities, in 2000. In 2003, he was appointed CEO of Pearson's educational publishing businesses for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMA) and gradually took on a broader international education brief. Prior to joining Pearson, John was director of corporate affairs at Powergenplc, where he was also a member of the company's executive committee. Earlier in his career, he held senior public policy and communications roles in the British and UK local governments.

Robin Freestone

 Mr. Robin Freestone is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director of Pearson PLC. Robin’s experience in management and accounting includes a previous role as group financial controller of Amersham plc (now part of General Electric) and senior financial positions with ICI plc, Zeneca and Henkel UK. He joined Pearson in 2004 as deputy chief financial officer and became chief financial officer in June 2006. Robin qualified as a chartered accountant with Touche Ross (now Deloitte), and is currently a nonexecutive director and founder shareholder of eChem Limited. Robin sits on the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) Financial Reporting Committee and is deputy chairman of the Hundred Group of Finance Directors.

William Ethridge

 Mr. William T. Ethridge is Chief Executive, Pearson North American Education, Executive Director of Pearson Plc. He has three decades of experience in education and educational publishing, including nearly a decade and a half at Pearson where he formerly headed the company Higher Education, International and Professional Publishing business. Prior to joining Pearson in 1998, Will was a senior executive at Prentice Hall and Addison Wesley, and before that an editor at Little, Brown and Co where he published in the fields of economics and politics. Will is a board member and former chairman of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and board chairman of CourseSmart, a consortium of electronic textbook publishers.

John Makinson

 Mr. John Makinson is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Penguin Group, Executive Director of Pearson PLC. John’s diverse background spans business, consultancy, financial journalism and publishing. He was finance director of Pearson before heading Penguin, and previously served as managing director of the Financial Times newspaper, where he had earlier served as editor of the popular Lex column. John co-founded Makinson Cowell, an international financial consultancy, and was vice chairman of the US holding company of advertising firm Saatchi & Saatchi. John is chairman of the National Theatre and has been named chairman-designate of Penguin Random House, the consumer publishing venture planned by Pearson and Bertelsmann.

Philip Hoffman

David Arculus

 Sir. David Arculus is Non-Executive Independent Director of Pearson PLC. David has experience in banking, telecommunications and publishing in a long career in business. Currently he is chairman of Aldermore Bank plc, Numis Corporation plc and the Advisory Board of the British Library and a non-executive director of Telefonica S.A. David’s previous roles include the chairmanship of O2 plc, Severn Trent plc and IPC Group, as well as chief operating officer of United Business Media plc and group managing director of EMAP plc. David served from 2002 to 2006 as chairman of the British government’s Better Regulation Task Force, which worked on reducing burdens on business.

Vivienne Cox

 Ms. Vivienne Cox is Senior Non-Executive Independent Director of Pearson PLC. She has wide experience in energy, natural resources and business innovation. She worked for BP plc for 28 years, in Britain and continental Europe, in posts including executive vice president and chief executive of BP’s Gas, Power & Renewables business and its Alternative Energy unit. She is nonexecutive director of mining company Rio Tinto plc, energy company BG Group plc, and Vallourec, which supplies tubular systems for the energy industry. She is also lead independent director at the UK Department for International Development. Vivienne sits on the board of INSEAD and is a commissioner of the Airports Commission, which was set up by the UK government to examine any requirements for additional UK airport capacity.

Susan Fuhrman

 Ms. Susan Fuhrman is Non-Executive Independent Director of Pearson PLC. Her experience in education includes her current role as president of Teachers College at Columbia University, America’s oldest graduate school of education. She is president of the National Academy of Education, and was previously dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and on the board of trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Ken Hydon

 Mr. Ken J. Hydon is Non-Executive Independent Director of Pearson PLC. His experience in finance and business includes roles in electronics, consumer products and healthcare. He is a nonexecutive director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, one of the world’s manufacturers and marketers of branded products in household cleaning and health and personal care, retailer Tesco plc and the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Previously, Ken was finance director of Vodafone Group plc and of subsidiaries of Racal Electronics.

Joshua Lewis

 Mr. Joshua Lewis is Non-Executive Independent Director of Pearson PLC. Josh’s experience spans finance, education and the development of digital enterprises. He is founder of Salmon River Capital LLC, a New York-based private equity/venture capital firm focused on technology-enabled businesses in education, financial services and other sectors. Over a 25 year career in active, principal investing, he has been involved in a broad range of companies, including several pioneering enterprises in the education sector. In addition, he has long been active in the non-profit education sector, with associations including New Leaders, New Classrooms, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He is also a non-executive director of eVestment and Axioma, both financial technology companies, Parchment, an education data company, and PeriGen, a healthcare information technology provider.

Simon Mays-Smith

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Glen Moreno

 500,000

John Fallon

 594,000

Robin Freestone

 2,379,000

William Ethridge

 2,785,000

John Makinson

 2,095,000

Philip Hoffman

 --

David Arculus

 --

Vivienne Cox

 --

Susan Fuhrman

 --

Ken Hydon

 --

Joshua Lewis

 --

Simon Mays-Smith

 --
As Of 30 Dec 2012

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