Sir Win Bischoff has been an independent non-executive director of Prudential since 2 August 2007. Sir Win has been Chairman of Citi Europe and a Member of The Management and Operating Committees of Citigroup Inc since May 2000. He is also Chairman of the European Advisory Board of Citigroup Inc., and has been a non-executive director of The McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, and of Land Securities plc since October 1999, and of Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis since June 2000, and of Akbank in Turkey since March 2007. Prior to that, Sir Win joined the Company Finance Division of J. Henry Schroder & Co. Limited, London, in 1966 and in 1971, he was appointed as Managing Director of Schroders Asia Limited, Hong Kong. He returned to London in January 1983, and was appointed Chairman of J. Henry Schroder & Co. in October 1983. Sir Win was appointed Group Chief Executive of Schroders plc in December 1984 and as Chairman of Schroders plc in May 1995, until the acquisition of Schroders’ investment banking business by Citigroup Inc in May 2000. In addition, Sir Win was a non-executive Director of Cable and Wireless plc from 1991 - 2003 and Deputy Chairman from 1995 - 2003. His other non-executive directorships included: IFIL Finanziaria di Partecipazioni SpA, Italy (1999-2004) and Siemens Holdings Plc (2001-2003). |