David Tyler is currently Chairman of The White Company and Domestic & General Group.
Executive experience from positions in consumer, retail, business services and financial services at, among others, Unilever, GUS plc (the owner of Experian, Burberry and Home Retail Group prior to their demerger), NatWest Group plc and Christie’s International plc.
David learned his trade at Unilever for 11 years, after which he joined NatWest Investment Bank where he was Director of Finance. Following this, he was Group Finance Director at Christie’s International and the Chief Executive of its American business.
Thereafter he was Group Finance Director of GUS plc, where he took financial and strategic responsibility for the Group through its major transformation over these years.
David has extensive experience of chairmanship at a number of the UK’s largest and most established public companies, including Hammerson plc. Before taking on his current responsibilities, he was Chairman of J Sainsbury plc, Logica plc and 3i Quoted Private Equity plc, and a Non-Executive Director of Experian plc, Burberry Group plc and Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.
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Sir Win Bischoff was previously CEO and then Chairman of Schroders plc, Chairman of Citigroup Europe, interim CEO and then Chairman of Citigroup Inc and Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group plc. He is currently the Chairman of JP Morgan Securities plc and is a member of the International Advisory Board of Akbank TAS, Turkey.
Rona Fairhead (The Baroness Fairhead CBE) is Chairman of Electrocomponents plc, a Non-Executive Director and Member of the Finance and Audit Committee of Oracle Corporation, a director of SurvivorNet (healthcare start-up), member of the External Advisory Group, McKinsey & Co and a Member of the House of Lords. Baroness Fairhead was previously the Chairman and CEO of the Financial Times Group.
Tony Hayward is Chairman of Glencore plc, a position he has held since 2014, a Managing Partner of St James’s Asset Management LLP and Chairman of a number of private companies. Previously he was the Chief Executive Officer of BP plc, the Chief Executive Officer of Genel Energy plc and subsequently the Chairman.
Victor Chu is Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm, and Non-Executive Director of Airbus SE. Victor has served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as a member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel and an Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission.