Appointed: October 2003
Age: 54
Committee memberships: Audit, Finance (Committee chairman), Risk & Responsibility

Maria Richter was appointed to the Board in October 2003. Maria worked for Morgan Stanley between 1993 and 2002, most recently as Managing Director of its Corporate Finance Retail Group. Prior to this, she was Managing Director of Investment Banking in the Southern Cone of Latin America, and Executive Director and Head of Independent Power and Structured Finance Business.

Previous appointments include Vice President of Independent Power Group for Salomon Brothers, and Vice President of Prudential Capital Corporation and Power Funding Associates.

Maria is a Non-executive Director of Pro Mujer International, an international microfinance organisation, The Pantry, Inc., The Vitec Group plc and The Bessemer Group Inc.