Deborah Lathen was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2007. She is based in Washington and is president of Lathen Consulting - which provides strategic, legal and management advice and counsel to senior executives of Fortune 100 companies on policy and regulatory matters.
Prior to that, Deborah worked at the Federal Communications Commission from 1998 to 2001 as bureau chief of the Cable Services Bureau. She was responsible for policy and regulation covering the cable, satellite TV and broadcast industries.
Deborah was previously director of national consumer affairs and managing counsel at Nissan Motor Corporation USA, and prior to that, held legal positions at TRW Financial Systems and at the Quaker Oats Company.
She holds degrees in law, from Harvard Law School, and in government, from Cornell University.
Key to membership of principal Board committees:
(b) Audit
(c) Remuneration
(d) Nominating
(e) Community Support
(f) Pension Scheme Performance Review Group
(g) Equality of Access Board
All the non-executive directors are considered independent of the management of the company. |