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Joanne has extensive experience both in the UK and internationally in a variety of financial and commercial roles. She joined WPP from Britvic where she was Chief Financial Officer and Chair of the ESG Committee. Prior to this, Joanne had a successful career at Tesco where, at the time of leaving, she held the position of Chief Financial Officer of dunnhumby, a global leader in customer data science. Joanne began her career at KPMG, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant External appointments: Non-Executive Director, Informa plc.

Angela brings expertise as a leader of creative and technology-driven global businesses. From 2014 until 2019, she was Senior Vice President, Retail, at Apple Inc., where she integrated and redesigned the physical and digital global consumer experience. Angela was CEO of Burberry from 2006 to 2014, where she repositioned the brand as a luxury high-growth company and created the Burberry Foundation. Prior to Burberry, Angela was Executive Vice President at Liz Claiborne, Inc. and President of Donna Karan International, Inc. Angela was a member of the UK Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council from 2010 to 2015. External appointments: Non-Executive Director, Ralph Lauren Corporation and Airbnb, Inc.; Chair of Save the Children International; Non-Executive Director, charity: water; Member of CEO Circle, Imagine; Director, The HOW Institute for Society; Member of the Global Leadership Council of the Oxford University Saïd Business School and British American Business International Advisory Board; Senior Operating Adviser, SKKY Partners.

Sandrine brings substantial financial expertise gained in global companies and strong strategic capability to the Board. She is currently CFO of UCB, a global pharmaceutical company. Previously Sandrine was CFO of Proximus. She held a number of leadership roles at Vivendi in France and the US across its entertainment and telecommunications business, and has an enthusiasm for cultural, technological and business transformation. Sandrine began her career as a financial analyst at BNP and then Credit Agricole in the telecoms sector. She has held other non-executive director roles, most recently at Solocal Group. External appointments: Chief Financial Officer, UCB.

Cindy has extensive experience as a leader in the technology and media sectors, and brings exceptional knowledge of the role technology plays in business transformation. She was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Microsoft Global Enterprise in March 2023. Prior to this, Cindy was President of Microsoft Western Europe, and also CEO of Microsoft UK. She has also held the roles of Managing Director of the UK consumer division at Vodafone and Executive Director of Digital Entertainment at Virgin Media. She spent 15 years at The Walt Disney Company, ultimately as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Disney Interactive Media Group. Cindy is a graduate of Colombia University and New York Law School. External appointments: Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft Global Enterprise; Advisory Board Member, Imperial College Business School in London and McLaren. Cindy Rose, non-executive director, will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer with effect from 01 September 2025

Ya-Qin is a world-renowned technologist, scientist and entrepreneur with a particular understanding of the changing consumer technology landscape in China. He was President of Baidu Inc., the global internet services and AI company, between 2014 and 2019. Prior to joining Baidu, he held several positions during his 16-year tenure at Microsoft, both in the United States and China, including Corporate Vice President and Chairman of Microsoft China. Ya-Qin is currently a Non-Executive Director of AsiaInfo Technologies Limited, ChinaSoft International Limited and HiSense Group. He is also Chair Professor of AI Science at Tsinghua University and the founding Dean of the Institute for AI Industry Research. External appointments: Non-Executive Director, AsiaInfo Technologies Limited, ChinaSoft International Limited, and HiSense Group; Chair Professor, AI Science and Founding Dean, Institute for AI Industry Research, Tsinghua University; Board Member, Philanthropy Asia Alliance.

Philip Jansen will be appointed to the board as non-executive director with effect from 16 September 2024. Philip was Chief Executive of BT Group from 2019 to February 2024. Before that he was CEO of Worldpay, the technology-led global payments services group. Previous roles include CEO and then Chairman of Brakes Group, and a variety of senior positions in Sodexo Group. Philip began his career at Procter & Gamble, going on to hold marketing director roles at Dunlop Slazenger and Telewest before moving into general management first at Telewest and then MyTravel. He was a non-executive director of Travis Perkins for four years. Philip Jansen has succeeded as Non-Executive Chair of WPP from 1 January 2025.

Peter Agnefjäll has been appointed to the Board as Non-Executive Director, with effect from 11 May 2026. Peter began his career at IKEA as a graduate trainee back in 1995 and held a number of senior positions before serving as Chief Executive Officer and President of the IKEA Group (Ingka Holding B.V.) from 2013 to 2017. During this period, he led the company's growth agenda and move into omnichannel retail, new shopping and distribution formats. Since leaving executive office, Peter has served on a number of boards in a non-executive capacity. He joined the Supervisory Board of Ahold Delhaize (AMS: AD), a multinational retailer in 2019 and served as its Chair between 2021 to 2025. From 2018 until recently, he served on the Board of Directors of Orkla ASA, an OBX listed industrial investment company focused on brands and consumer-oriented businesses. He held a non-executive position at Wizz Air (LSE: WIZZ), between 2018 to 2021 and was a member of the board of advisors of the footwear retailer, Deichmann SE from 2018 to 2023. Peter is a member of the Council on Sustainability Transformation, convened by the specialist sustainability consultancy, ERM. He holds an M.Sc. in Business Administration from Linköping University.

Balbir has significant governance experience across various roles in listed companies. Balbir was Group Company Secretary at William Hill from 2020 to 2021. Prior to joining William Hill, Balbir was Director of Investor Relations at GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK), leading on engagement with ESG-focused investors, and before that held company secretarial roles at GSK, Lastminute.com, Royal & Sun Alliance and Segro plc.