Board of directors

Guillermo de la Dehesa (64)

Independent non-executive director

Appointed to the board in May 2000. Joined the board of Norwich Union as a non-executive director in 1999. Currently non-executive chairman of Aviva's operations in Spain, non-executive vice–chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe (banking) and a director of Campofrio (consumer), Unión Eléctrica Fenosa (utility), Bank Santander Central Hispano (banking) and Telepizza (consumer). Chairman for the Centre of Economic Policy Research and a member of the Group of Thirty (consultative group on international economic and monetary affairs). A former deputy governor of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, a former deputy general manager of the Bank of Spain and former Secretary of State of Finance in Spain.

Member of the nomination and corporate social responsibility committees.