Board of directors

Glen Moreno
Chairman

Aged 67, joined the Pearson board in October 2005. He is also a director of Fidelity International and senior independent director of Man Group plc.
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Marjorie Scardino
Chief executive

Aged 63, joined the Pearson board in January 1997. She trained and practised as a lawyer, and published a weekly newspaper in the US. Prior to joining Pearson she was chief executive of The Economist Group.
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Robin Freestone
Chief financial officer

Aged 51, joined Pearson in 2004 as deputy chief financial officer and became chief financial officer in June 2006. He sits on the Pearson board and is a member of the Pearson management committee.
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Will Ethridge
Chief executive, North American Education

Aged 58, joined Pearson in 1998. He took on his current role in March 2008. Prior to that he was chief executive, Higher Education, International and Professional Publishing.
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Rona Fairhead
Chief executive, Financial Times Group

Aged 48, joined Pearson in October 2001. In June 2006 she was appointed chief executive of the Financial Times Group, and prior to that she was chief financial officer.
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John Makinson
Chairman and chief executive, Penguin Group

Aged 55, joined the Pearson board in March 1996. He was appointed chairman of the Penguin Group in May 2001, and prior to that he was chief financial officer.
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David Arculus
Non-executive director

Aged 64, is chairman of British bank Aldermore, non-executive chairman of Numis Corporation Plc, and a non-executive director of Telefonica SA. He was chairman of O2 plc from 2004 until it was acquired by Telefonica at the beginning of 2006.
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Patrick Cescau
Non-executive director

Aged 62, served as group chief executive of Unilever until the end of 2008, and previously served as chairman of Unilever Plc and vice chairman of Unilever NV.
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Susan Fuhrman
Non-executive director

Aged 66, is president of Teachers College at Columbia University, America's oldest and largest graduate school of education, where she was appointed the school’s 10th president in 2006. She is well known as an authority on school reform and accountability, and teaching excellence.
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