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Attendance at board and committee meetings
Details of attendance by directors of AMP Limited at meetings of boards and committees (of which they were members) held during
the year ended 31 December 2007, are shown in the table below. The directors also attended other meetings, including management
meetings, during the year.
Board/Committee
Held/attended
AMP Limited
Board meetings
A B
John Astbury 12 11
David Clarke 13 12
Attendance at board and committee meetings
Details of attendance by directors of AMP Limited at meetings of boards and committees (of which they were members) held during
the year ended 31 December 2007, are shown in the table below. The directors also attended other meetings, including management
meetings, during the year.
Board/Committee
Held/attended
AMP Limited
Board meetings
A B
John Astbury 12 11
David Clarke 13 12
Richard Grellman 13 12 6 6 3 3 – – – – 28 27
Meredith Hellicar 13 13 – – – – 4 4 – – 13 13
Peter Mason3 13 13 – – 3 3 4 4 2 2 – –
Andrew Mohl 13 12 – – – – – – 2 2 29 23
John Palmer 6 5 – – – – – – – – 7 6
Nora Scheinkestel 13 12 6 6 3 3 – – – – 18 16

Audit
Committee
A B
Nomination
Committee
A B
Remuneration
Committee
A B
Ad hoc
Committees1
A B
Subsidiary Board
and Committee
meetings2
A B
5 5 – – – – – – 5 4
– – – – 4 4 – – 4 4
Footnote:

Column A – indicates number of meetings held while the director was a member of the board/committee.

Column B – indicates number of those meetings attended.

1
Ad hoc committees of the board were constituted during the year in relation to the financial results.

2
Subsidiary board and committee meetings include AMP Life Board and Audit Committee, AMP Bank Board, General Insurance Group
(boards and Audit Committees) and AMP Capital Investors (boards and Audit Committees) and AMP Superannuation Board.

3
As part of AMP’s governance structure, Peter Mason attended four Audit Committee meetings and 12 subsidiary board meetings.

Principal activities

AMP is a company focused on helping Australians and New
Zealanders manage their financial well-being so they can enjoy the
future they want. AMP aims to be the leading provider of quality
financial advice, simple, value-for-money products and superior
investment performance in the markets in which it operates.

AMP has two major businesses, AMP Financial Services and
AMP Capital Investors.

AMP Financial Services offers customers a range of fi nancial
products and services, primarily through one of the largest
financial planning networks in the market. These products and
services include financial planning advice, superannuation,
retirement savings and income products, investments, life
and general insurance and selected banking products.

AMP Capital Investors is one of the largest investment managers
in Australia and is the largest in New Zealand. It also provides
investment management services in Asia.

AMP is currently in the process of selling a third business,
Cobalt/Gordian, which manages the run-off of AMP’s remaining
books of general insurance and reinsurance business, as well as
providing services to external clients. AMP announced the sale
of this business to Enstar Group Limited on 11 December 2007
and the sale is expected to be completed by the end of the fi rst
quarter of 2008.

AMP has 3.4 million customers in Australia and New Zealand,
around 4,000 employees, 830,000 shareholders and around
$130 billion of assets under management.

Review of operations and results

AMP has a sound financial base and a powerful and resilient
business model. It is executing a disciplined strategy which
capitalises on AMP’s brand, low-cost and scaleable manufacturing
platform, strong partnerships with self-employed planners, diverse
investment-management base and consistently good investment
performance, cost and capital efficiency, to drive growth in the
business and returns for shareholders.