Sir Peter Bonfield is currently Chairman of NXP Semiconductors NV, a Nasdaq-100 company and world leader in automotive semi-conductors based in Holland. He is Director and Chair of Audit at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd and on the Board of Imagination Technologies in the UK and DarkTrace plc. Sir Peter is also a Board Director at East West Institute, US, a Senior Advisor to Longreach LLP in Hong Kong and Alix Partners UK LLP in London.
Sir Peter served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee for British Telecom plc from 1996 to 2002. During his tenure British Telecom was the world’s fifth-largest telecommunications company, employing over 130,000 people.
Prior to British Telecom, Sir Peter was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ICL plc (now Fujitsu Services Holdings Ltd). He worked in the semiconductor industry during his tenure as a divisional director at Texas Instruments Inc., for whom he held a variety of senior-management positions around the world.
Sir Peter has served on the Boards of 12 large international technology companies, including Sony Corp. and Ericsson. His career has included Chairmanship of software group GlobalLogic Inc., based in Silicon Valley, Vice Presidency of the British Quality Foundation, Senior Independent Directorship of AstraZeneca plc, Non-Executive Director of Dubai International Capital LLC, Actis Capital LLP, member of the Citigroup International Advisory Board, Advisor to Apax Partners LLP, Senior Advisor to Rothschild Ltd, Afiniti Inc. in Washington and G3 Good Governance Group Ltd and Directorships on the Boards of Mentor Graphics in the US, the UK Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Ministry of Justice. He was a member of the Trilateral Commission and the European Round Table.
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Peter Livanos is Chairman of Gaslog Ltd, Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ltd, EnergyLog Ltd, DryLog Ltd and TankLog Ltd. He is a Partner of MW&L and holds directorships and memberships in various international companies and committees. He is a member of the Council of the American Bureau of Shipping and chairman of the Greek National Committee. Peter is also a member of the Board of Trustees for New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Baroness Sarah Hogg is currently a Senior Independent Director of Royal Mail plc. She holds a Non-Executive Directorship at The Times Newspaper Holdings Limited. Baroness Hogg has extensive experience of business, government and the media, having worked at the highest level in all three sectors.
Calvin Grieder is the Chairman of Givaudan SA, Chairman of AWK Group and the Chairman of Société General de Surveillance (SGS SA). In addition, he is Chairman and Administrative President of the international engineering group Bühler AG.
Jorma Ollila previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Nokia, as Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc and Chairman of Outokumpu Oyj, the global leader in stainless steel. Jorma is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alma Media Corp, Chairman of Miltton Oy and Chairman of Xinova LLC. He is also a Board member of TBG AG and of Tetra Laval International SA and an Advisory Partner of Perella Weinberg Partners LP.