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Sir Richard Sykes
c (Aged 58)
Non-Executive Chairman. Sir Richard was Chairman of Glaxo Wellcome plc from 1997 until the completion of the merger to form GlaxoSmithKline plc. He is Rector of Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine. He has a Doctorate in Microbial Biochemistry from Bristol University and a Doctor of Science degree from the University of London. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he sits on a number of government and scientific committees. He received his knighthood for services to the pharmaceutical industry. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Rio Tinto plc.

Sir Roger Hurndf (Aged 62)
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman. Sir Roger was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Glaxo Wellcome plc in 1996 and Deputy Chairman in 1997. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Marconi plc and Prudential public limited company and a Non-Executive Director of ICI plc. He is also Chairman of the Court of Governors of the Henley Management Centre.

Sir Peter Waltersbd (Aged 70)
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman. Sir Peter had been a Non-Executive Director of SmithKline Beecham plc since 1989 and Chairman from 1994 until completion of the merger. His other appointments include those of Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of HSBC Holdings PLC and Chairman of the Institute of Economic Affairs. He was a Non-Executive Director of Saatchi & Saatchi PLC.

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Dr Jean-Pierre Garnierd (Aged 53)
Chief Executive Officer. Dr Garnier was appointed an Executive Director of SmithKline Beecham plc in 1992. He served as Chairman, Pharmaceuticals from 1994 until his appointment as Chief Operating Officer in 1995 and became Chief Executive Officer in April 2000. He is a Non-Executive Director of United Technologies Corporation and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships. He holds a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Louis Pasteur in France and an MBA from Stanford University in the USA.

John Coombed (Aged 56)
Chief Financial Officer. Mr Coombe was formerly an Executive Director of Glaxo Wellcome plc where he was responsible for Finance and Investor Relations. He is a member of the UK Accounting Standards Board and Chairman of The Hundred Group.

Paul Allairef (Aged 62)
Non-Executive Director. Mr Allaire was formerly a Non-Executive Director of SmithKline Beecham plc. He is Chairman of Xerox Corporation and a Non-Executive Director of J P Morgan & Co. Inc, Lucent Technologies Inc, Sara Lee Corporation and priceline.com Inc.

Dr Michèle Barzachf (Aged 57)
Non-Executive Director. Dr Barzach was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Glaxo Wellcome plc. She is Chairman of the External Advisory Panel for Health, Nutrition and Population for the World Bank and Director of the Board of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. A consultant on health strategy, she was formerly French Minister of Health and the Family.

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Derek Bonhama (Aged 57)
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline's Audit Committee. Mr Bonham was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Glaxo Wellcome plc. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Cadbury Schweppes plc, Imperial Tobacco Group plc and Fieldens plc and a Non-executive Director of TXU Corporation.

Mr Bonham will not be seeking election to the Board at the Annual General Meeting in May 2001.

Sir Christopher Hoggbd (Aged 64)
Non-Executive Director. Sir Christopher was formerly a Non-Executive Director of SmithKline Beecham plc. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Reuters Group PLC and Allied Domecq PLC and a Non-Executive Director of Air Liquide S.A. He is also Chairman of The Royal National Theatre Board.

Peter Jobb (Aged 59)
Non-Executive Director. Mr Job was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Glaxo Wellcome plc. He is the Chief Executive of Reuters Group PLC and is a Non-Executive Director of Schroders plc.

John McArthurf (Aged 66)
Non-Executive Director. Mr McArthur was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Glaxo Wellcome plc. He is a former Dean of the Harvard Business School, and is a Non-Executive Director of BCE Inc., Cabot Corporation, Rohm and Haas Company, Springs Industries Inc. and The AES Corporation.

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Donald McHenryf (Aged 64)
Non-Executive Director. Mr McHenry was formerly a Non-Executive Director of SmithKline Beecham plc. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and President of the IRC Group, LLC. His other Non-Executive Directorships include Coca-Cola Company, FleetBoston Financial Corporation and AT&T Corporation. He previously served as Ambassador and US Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Sir Ian Prosserb (Aged 57)
Non-Executive Director. Sir Ian was formerly a Non-Executive Director of SmithKline Beecham plc. He is Chairman of Bass PLC and Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of BP Amoco plc. He is also a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council and the CBI President's Committee.

Dr Ronaldo Schmitzb (Aged 62)
Non-Executive Director. Dr Schmitz was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Glaxo Wellcome plc. He is a Non-Executive Director of Legal & General Group plc and a member of the Board of Directors of Rohm and Haas Company and Cabot Corporation. He was formerly a member of the Board of Executive Directors of Deutsche Bank AG.

Dr Lucy Shapiro (Aged 60)
Non-Executive Director. Dr Shapiro was formerly a Non-Executive Director of SmithKline Beecham plc. She is Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology and Director of the Beckman Centre at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

John Younge (Aged 68)
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline's Remuneration & Nominations Committee. Mr Young was formerly Non-Executive Vice Chairman of SmithKline Beecham plc. His other non-executive appointments include directorships of Chevron Corporation, Lucent Technologies Inc, Affymetrix Inc, Perlegen Sciences Inc and the Vice-Chairmanship of Novell Inc.

Membership of committees is indicated as follows:

   

Chairman

  Member
Audit   a   b
Finance   c   d
Remuneration & Nominations   e    f
   
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