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These excerpts taken from the ICI 6-K filed Mar 21, 2007.
8. Joseph T Gorman
Non-Executive Director
Appointed a Non-Executive Director on 20 September 2000. He is Chairman of the ICI Audit Committee.

Joseph Gorman is a trustee of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and also serves the Council on Competitiveness as a co-industry vice chair and member of the executive committee. He was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TRW Inc. He is currently a Director of Alcoa, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, National City Corporation and TMG International AB. Aged 69.

8. Joseph T Gorman
Non-Executive Director
Appointed a Non-Executive Director on 20 September 2000. He is Chairman of the ICI Audit Committee.

A graduate of Kent State University and holding a doctorate from Yale Law School, Joseph Gorman practised law for five years before, in 1962, joining the legal department of TRW Inc., a multi-national, diversified company specialising in space, defence and automotive systems.

He became Secretary of TRW in 1970 and Vice President in 1972. He served as Vice President and General Counsel from 1976 to 1980 when he was elected Executive Vice President and given responsibility for the Industrial & Energy business unit. In 1985 he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and three years later became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

A past Chairman of the US-Japan Business Council, he received Japan’s 1994 Prime Minister’s Trade Award for his contribution to promoting improved US-Japan trade relations. He has served on the Boards of the US-China Business Council and the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum and was a member of the President’s Export Council. He is a trustee of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and also serves the Council on Competitiveness as a co-industry vice chair and member of the executive committee.

Joseph Gorman is a Director of Alcoa, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, National City Corporation and TMG International AB. Joseph Gorman is a US citizen. Aged 69.

This excerpt taken from the ICI 20-F filed Mar 31, 2006.
9. Joseph T Gorman
Non-Executive Director

Appointed a Non-Executive Director on 20 September 2000. He is Chairman of the ICI Audit Committee.

A graduate of Kent State University and holding a doctorate from Yale Law School, Joseph Gorman practised law for five years before, in 1962, joining the legal department of TRW Inc., a multi-national, diversified company specialising in space, defense and automotive systems.

He became Secretary of TRW in 1970 and Vice President in 1972. He served as Vice President and General Counsel from 1976 to 1980 when he was elected Executive Vice President and given responsibility for the Industrial & Energy business unit. In 1985 he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and three years later became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

A past Chairman of the US-Japan Business Council, he received Japan’s 1994 Prime Minister’s Trade Award for his contribution to promoting improved US-Japan trade relations. He has served on the Boards of the US-China Business Council and the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum and was a member of the President’s Export Council. He is a trustee of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and also serves the Council on Competitiveness as a co-industry vice chair and member of the executive committee.

Joseph Gorman is a Director of Alcoa, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, National City Corporation and TMG International AB. Joseph Gorman is a US citizen. Aged 68.

10. Richard N Haythornthwaite
Non-Executive Director
Appointed a Non-Executive Director on 20 February 2001. He is Chairman of the ICI Remuneration Committee.

A graduate of The Queen’s College, Oxford with a degree in Geology and a Sloan Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard Haythornthwaite has over 25 years of international industry experience covering a broad mix of strategic and operational roles.

He has extensive experience in organisational and cultural change leadership, cost reduction programmes, results-driven performance initiatives and negotiating and executing acquisitions and divestments worldwide.

Richard Haythornthwaite’s career began with BP plc where he held a variety of positions in its European and American operations from 1978 to 1995, including General Manager of the Magnus Oilfield and President of BP Venezuela.

In 1995 he joined the Board of Premier Oil, where he was responsible for corporate and commercial affairs, and two years later joined Blue Circle Industries plc as Chief Executive of Heavy Building Materials in Europe and Asia. He was appointed Group Chief Executive of Blue Circle in 1999. Following its acquisition of Blue Circle in 2001, he became a Non-Executive Director of Lafarge S.A., standing down from that Board in July 2003. From 1999 to 2003 he was a Non-Executive Director of Cookson Group plc. In addition, from 2001 until 2005, Richard Haythornthwaite was Group Chief Executive Officer of Invensys plc.

He is currently Managing Director of Star Capital Partners and Chairman of the Better Regulation Commission. In addition, he is Chairman of the Almeida Theatre Company Limited, Trustee of NMSI and a Board Member of the British Council. Aged 49.


 

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This excerpt taken from the ICI 6-K filed Mar 14, 2006.
9. Joseph T Gorman
Non-Executive Director

Appointed a Non-Executive Director on 20 September 2000. He is Chairman of the ICI Audit Committee.

A graduate of Kent State University and holding a doctorate from Yale Law School, Joseph Gorman practised law for five years before, in 1962, joining the legal department of TRW Inc., a multi-national, diversified company specialising in space, defense and automotive systems.

He became Secretary of TRW in 1970 and Vice President in 1972. He served as Vice President and General Counsel from 1976 to 1980 when he was elected Executive Vice President and given responsibility for the Industrial & Energy business unit. In 1985 he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and three years later became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

A past Chairman of the US-Japan Business Council, he received Japan’s 1994 Prime Minister’s Trade Award for his contribution to promoting improved US-Japan trade relations. He has served on the Boards of the US-China Business Council and the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum and was a member of the President’s Export Council. He is a trustee of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and also serves the Council on Competitiveness as a co-industry vice chair and member of the executive committee.

Joseph Gorman is a Director of Alcoa, Inc., The Procter & Gamble Company, National City Corporation and TMG International AB. Joseph Gorman is a US citizen. Aged 68.

10. Richard N Haythornthwaite
Non-Executive Director
Appointed a Non-Executive Director on 20 February 2001. He is Chairman of the ICI Remuneration Committee.

A graduate of The Queen’s College, Oxford with a degree in Geology and a Sloan Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard Haythornthwaite has over 25 years of international industry experience covering a broad mix of strategic and operational roles.

He has extensive experience in organisational and cultural change leadership, cost reduction programmes, results-driven performance initiatives and negotiating and executing acquisitions and divestments worldwide.

Richard Haythornthwaite’s career began with BP plc where he held a variety of positions in its European and American operations from 1978 to 1995, including General Manager of the Magnus Oilfield and President of BP Venezuela.

In 1995 he joined the Board of Premier Oil, where he was responsible for corporate and commercial affairs, and two years later joined Blue Circle Industries plc as Chief Executive of Heavy Building Materials in Europe and Asia. He was appointed Group Chief Executive of Blue Circle in 1999. Following its acquisition of Blue Circle in 2001, he became a Non-Executive Director of Lafarge S.A., standing down from that Board in July 2003. From 1999 to 2003 he was a Non-Executive Director of Cookson Group plc. In addition, from 2001 until 2005, Richard Haythornthwaite was Group Chief Executive Officer of Invensys plc.

He is currently Managing Director of Star Capital Partners and Chairman of the Better Regulation Commission. In addition, he is Chairman of the Almeida Theatre Company Limited, Trustee of NMSI and a Board Member of the British Council. Aged 49.


 

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