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Board of directors


Chris Gibson-Smith, Chairman

Chris Gibson-Smith ² ³

Chairman

 
Chris is also Chairman of The British Land Company plc and Non-Executive Director of Qatar Financial Centre Authority. He is a Trustee of the London Business School. He was previously Chairman of National Air Traffic Services Ltd from 2001 to 2005, Director of Lloyds TSB plc from 1999 to 2005, Group Managing Director of BP plc from 1997 to 2001, and a past Trustee of the Institute of Public Policy Research and the arts charity Arts & Business.

Angelo Tantazzi ¹ ³

Deputy Chairman

 
Since July 2000 Angelo Tantazzi has held the position of Chairman and a non-executive director of Borsa Italiana S.p.A, Monte Titoli S.p.A, CC&G and Prometeia S.p.A.. He is also Vice-Chairman of the publishing house “Il Mulino” and a non-executive director of Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna, Coesia S.p.A. and Advanced Capital S.p.A.. 

Clara Furse

Chief Executive

 
Appointed Chief Executive in January 2001. Group Chief Executive of Credit Lyonnais Rouse from 1998 to 2000. At Phillips & Drew (now UBS) from 1983 to 1998; became a Director in 1988, Executive Director in 1992, Managing Director in 1995 and Global Head of Futures in 1996. Director of LIFFE from 1991 to 1999; Deputy Chairman from 1997 to 1999. She is a Non-Executive Director of Fortis, Euroclear plc and LCH.Clearnet. 

Massimo Capuano

Deputy Chief Executive

 
President & CEO Borsa Italiana S.p.A.. Member of the Supervisory Board of MTS and Vice Chairman of CC&G and Monte Titoli. In addition, Massimo Capuano is Chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges for the year 2007-2008 and an Adviser of the Board of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (for the year 2007-2008). He is also a member of the International Advisory Committee of Cairo Alessandria Stock Exchange from September 2006.

Baroness Cohen ¹

Non-Executive Director

 
A Life Peer, Non-Executive Chairman of Inviseo Media Holdings Ltd, and of Trillium Partners Ltd. Non-Executive Director of Management Consulting Group plc, and Proudfoot Trustees Limited and of Freshwater UK plc. Previously Chairman of BPP Holdings plc and Advisory Director of HSBC Investment Bank, a Non-Executive Director of Charterhouse Management Services Ltd from 1988 to 1999 and Charterhouse Financial Services Ltd from 1989 to 1993.

Sergio Ermotti ²

Non-Executive Director

 
Group Deputy CEO of UniCredit Group. From January 2006 to July 2007 Deputy General Manager and Head of Markets and Investment Banking at UniCredit Group. With Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1987 until 2004 where in his last function he was Senior Vice President, Co-Head of Global Equity Markets and Member of the Operating Committee. From 2002 to 2003 he was a director of Virt-X Limited and of Virt-X Exchange Limited. 

Oscar Fanjul ¹ ² ³

Non-Executive Director

 
Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Omega Capital. Non-Executive Director of Acerinox, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Lafarge (Deputy Chairman) and Areva (Conseil de Surveillance). He is also Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation.

Andrea Munari ¹

Non-Executive Director
Managing Director of Banca IMI. Previously, CEO and Managing Director of Banca Caboto since March 2006. In addition, a director of MTS S.p.A from 2003 to 2005 and of TLX S.p.A. from January 2007 to September 2007.

Paolo Scaroni ² ³

Non-Executive Director
CEO of ENI S.p.A., Non-Executive Director of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., Veolia Environnement SA and Fondazione Teatro alla Scala. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia University Business School New York. He was CEO of Pilkington plc from 1997 to 2002, director of BAE Systems plc from 2000 to 2004 and of Invensys plc from 2001 to 2002. He was also CEO of Enel S.p.A. from 2002 to 2005 and a director (2002-2005) and Chairman (2005-2006) of Alliance Unichem plc. 

Nigel Stapleton ¹

Non-Executive Director

Chairman Postal Services Commission. Previously Chairman of Reed International plc from 1997 to 1999, Co-Chairman of Reed Elsevier plc from 1996 to 1998, Chief Financial Officer of Reed Elsevier plc from 1993 to 1996 and Chairman of Uniq plc from 2001 to 2006.

Robert Webb Q.C. ² ³

Non-Executive Director
General Counsel of British Airways plc since September 1998, responsible for law, government and industry affairs, safety, security and risk management. Board member of the BBC, London First, and Hakluyt Ltd. Bencher, Inner Temple.

¹ Member of the Audit Committee
² Member of the Remuneration Committee
³ Member of the Nomination Committee
 

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