Roger Carr

Current Positions

Sir Roger Carr is the Chairman of BAE Systems plc and a Senior Advisor to Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts & Co LP.

Background Information

Sir Roger Carr started his career in management when he joined Honeywell Computers in the 1970’s. By 1982 he had joined Williams Holdings plc, a small engineering company, which he helped build into a major FTSE 100 industrial conglomerate, serving as their Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 2000. During this same period he was also a Non-Executive Director and subsequently Chairman of Thames Water plc.

From 1996 to 2003, Sir Roger was a Non-Executive Director of Six Continents plc, (previously known as Bass plc) and subsequently became Chairman of Mitchells & Butlers plc when Six Continents plc demerged. From 2000 to 2010 he was a Non-Executive Director of Cadbury Schweppes plc taking on the role of Deputy Chairman in 2003. In 2008 he became Chairman of Cadbury plc and remained in that role through to the acquisition of the company by Kraft in 2010.

From 2004 to December 2013 he was Chairman of Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas plc. From 2007 to 2014 he was Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director on the Court of the Bank of England and from 2015 to 2017 he was Vice-Chairman of the BBC Trust.

Other Notable Interests

Sir Roger Carr is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, a member of the Business for New Europe Advisory Board, a Visiting Fellow of the Said Business School, Oxford and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

He is also a trustee of the Landau Forte Charitable Trust, which operates 6 Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands, UK.

Sir Roger Carr was President of the CBI from 2011 to 2013.

He was knighted in the 2011 New Year's Honours List for services to business.

Sir Roger Carr is based in London.

Laura M Cha

Current Positions

Laura Cha is currently a member of the Executive Council of the Government of Hong Kong, Independent Chairman, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and Chairman of the Financial Services Development Council of Hong Kong (FSDC). She is also a Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and Non-Executive Director of the Asia Pacific subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc.

Ms Cha is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Unilever plc, a Senior International Advisor of Foundation Assets Management Sweden AB and a member of Sotheby’s International Advisory Board.

Background Information

Laura Cha started her career practicing law in the USA and in Hong Kong, having earned her BA degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a JD degree from the Santa Clara University in California.

She worked for the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong from 1991 to 2000, becoming its Deputy Chairman in 1998. In January 2001 Ms Cha was appointed Vice-Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and became the first and, to date, the only person outside Mainland China to join the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China at the Vice-Ministerial rank. She served in that position until 2004.

Laura has previously served as Independent Non-Executive Director of China Telecom Corporation Limited, Johnson Electric Holdings Limited, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Limited, Tata Consultancy Services Limited and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.

In addition, to her Chairman role at FSDC, Ms Cha serves in a number of other capacities including as Hong Kong Delegate to the 12th National People’s Congress of China, Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission and member of the International Advisory Council of Banking
Regulatory Commission.

Other Notable Interests

Ms Cha was also Chairman of the University Grants Committee in Hong Kong and a member of the Global Agenda Council on the Global Financial System at the World Economic Forum.

Having already received the Silver and Gold Bauhinia Stars Ms Cha was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2017 by the Hong Kong Government for her public service. She was also awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Law in 2002 by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Laura Cha is based in Hong Kong.

Victor Chu

Current Positions

Mr Chu is currently Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm, and Non-Executive Director of Airbus SE.

Background Information

Victor Chu received his early education in Hong Kong and England and practiced law in the field of corporate, commercial and securities with special emphasis on China. He became a pioneer of private equity investments transactions in China and was Deputy Secretary-General of the International Bar Association (IBA) from 1995 to 2000.

Over the last 30 years, he has served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel, Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission, and part-time member of Hong Kong Government’s Central Policy Unit.

Mr Chu was a Foundation Board member of the World Economic Forum from 2003 to 2015 and currently co-Chairs the Forum’s International Business Council. He is Chairman of the Hong Kong-Europe Business Council and a member of the Hong Kong-Japan Business Cooperation Committee.

He was Non-Executive Director on the Board of Zurich Insurance Group AG from 2008 until 2014.

Other Notable Interests

Mr Chu has served on the Governing Council of University College London and the Foreign Affairs University of China. He is a Trustee of Asia House in London and Hong Kong.

His other civic associations include service on Advisory Boards of Chatham House, Yale University, the Oxford Martin School and the Atlantic Council of the USA.

Mr Chu was awarded the 2011 Global Economy Prize by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

Mr Chu is based in Hong Kong.

Bertrand Collomb

Current Positions

Dr Bertrand Collomb is currently Honorary Chairman of Lafarge SA, the worldwide leader in building materials, with €26 billion sales in 90 countries.

Background Information

Dr Collomb is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, he also holds a French law degree and a PhD in Management from the University of Texas.

He started his career working for the French government and joined Lafarge SA in 1975. After several positions, including CEO of Lafarge Corporation, the North American arm of the group, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Lafarge in 1989, stepping down as Chairman in May 2007. In 2015 Lafarge merged with Holcim to become LafargeHolcim Limited.

Dr Collomb has also held Non-Executive Directorships on the Boards of Vivendi SA, Allianz SE, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Credit Commercial de France and Unilever plc.

Other Notable Interests

Dr Collomb founded the Centre for Management Research at the École Polytechnique.

He is also a member of the Institut de France (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques), and was their Chairman in 2013.

Dr Collomb is based in Paris and Washington DC.

Pascal Colombani

Current Positions

Dr Pascal Colombani is currently Chairman Emeritus of Valeo SA and a Non-Executive Director of Technip FMC plc, NHV Group and Siaci-Saint-Honoré SA. Dr Pascal sits on the European Advisory Board of JP Morgan Chase & Co, and is a Senior Advisor to A.T. Kearney SA.

Background Information

After graduating from École Normale Supérieure in 1969, Pascal Colombani began his career as a Research Scientist in Nuclear Science in France and at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. In 1974 he obtained a doctorate in physics from the University of Paris - Orsay.

Dr Columbani joined Schlumberger Limited in 1978 and spent the next nineteen years in various high level positions in the USA and Europe, and lastly as President of Schlumberger KK in Tokyo, Japan, also supervising the implementation of R&D facilities in China.

He was Director of Technology at the French Ministry of Research and Technology in 1998 and was thereafter appointed Chairman and CEO of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in 1999. During this period he initiated the restructuring of the CEA industrial subsidiaries into Areva SA, where he served as Founding Chairman from 2001-2003. Since this time, he has shared his activities between corporate directorships, consultancy, and government advisory.

In the past Dr Colombani has been a board member of Alstom SA, British Energy Group plc, Rhodia SA, Energy Solutions Inc, France Telecom SA, Electricité de France SA, Cogema SA, Framatome Group, the French Institute of Petroleum, CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research), as well as the high government representative to the boards of CNES (French Space Agency) and BRGM (French Geological Survey). He chaired the Board of Directors of Valeo SA from 2009 to 2016. He was a member of the High Committee for Governance of Listed Companies from 2015 to 2017.

Other Notable Interests

Dr Colombani is Vice-President of the French Strategic Council for Research, which is chaired by the French Prime Minister. He is a Board member of the National Agency for Research and of Sorbonne Universités. He has also been appointed Special Envoy of the President of the French Republic for the nuclear partnership between France and South Africa.

He chaired the Boards of École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and of the French Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr Colombani is a member of the French Academy of Technology and a Council member of the Science and Technology Forum (STS – Kyoto forum). He is also an Officer of the Legion d’Honneur and an Officer of the Order of Merit.

Dr Colombani is based in Paris.

Vivienne Cox

Current Positions

Vivienne Cox is the current Chairman of Vallourec SA, where she also Chairs their Strategy Committee. She is a Senior Independent Director with Pearson plc where she Chairs the Nomination Committee and also sits on the Remuneration and Reputation and Responsibility Committees. Ms Cox is a Non-Executive Director of GlaxoSmithKline plc serving on the Remuneration and Corporate Social Responsibility Committees. She is also on the Board of Stena International BV based in Sweden and is currently on the Advisory Board of The Said Business School.

Background Information

The majority of Vivienne Cox's career has been spent with BP plc and she has over 28 years of international experience in the oil and gas industry. She has Chairmanship experience in both the UK and in France.

Her first roles at BP plc were commercial, before moving on to their Commodity Derivatives Group and then to their Refining and Supply offices as Chief Executive Benelux, responsible for their shareholding in the Rotterdam refinery. Thereafter she was Commercial Director, BP Central and Eastern Europe for 2 years before being promoted to Chief Executive, Air BP, in 1997. Vivienne moved on 3 years later to become Group Vice-President, Integrated Supply and Trading and then BP plc Executive Vice-President and CEO of Gas, Power and Renewables in 2004. Her final executive role at BP plc Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive, Alternative Energy, whilst also being a member of their Executive Committee.

In 1998 Vivienne became a Non-Executive Director at Eurotunnel plc, serving on their Audit Committee and in the 2000’s served as a Non-Executive Director firstly on the Board of Rio Tinto plc, where she was a member of the Nomination, Audit and CSEA Committees, followed by the Board of BG Group plc until they were acquired by Shell in 2016.

Ms Cox sat on the INSEAD Board from 2009 to 2013. During this time she was also acting as Non-Executive Chairman for Climate Change Capital Group Limited and sat on the Advisory Board for Mainstream Renewable Power Limited, a renewable energy company engaged in wind power development.

Other Notable Interests

Ms Cox was Lead Non-Executive Director on the Board of the DFID for seven years and was a member of the Airports Commission.

She has Honorary Doctorates from Hull University and from the University of Hertfordshire.

In 2007 Vivienne was named Veuve Cliquot Business Woman of the Year and in 2015 she was awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list.

Ms Cox is based in London and Paris.

Hans Dalborg

Current Positions

Hans Dalborg is currently Honorary Chairman of Nordea Bank AB and a Board member of Swedish House of Finance (SHOF), Stockholm Institute for Financial Research (SIFR) and AxFast AB.

Background Information

Hans Dalborg obtained a PhD from the Stockholm School of Economics. He went on to join the Skandia Group in the early 70s and held various positions including CEO of Skandia International Insurance Corp. In 1989 he became Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice-President of the Skandia Group.

He was appointed CEO of Nordbanken AB in 1991. After the merger with the Finnish bank Merita he became the CEO of Merita Nordbanken AB and later CEO of Nordea Bank AB (following mergers with a Danish and Norwegian bank). In 2001 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board, followed by Chairman of the Board of Nordea Bank AB in 2002, a post he held until 2011.

Mr Dalborg has been Chairman of the Board of the Swedish Corporate Governance Board, Uppsala University, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and ÅF Group.

He has also been a Board member of Medivir AB, Axel Johnson AB, Svenska Spel AB and a member of the European Roundtable of Financial Services (EFR).

Other Notable Interests

Mr Dalborg has served at the Royal Court as Lord in Waiting.

He is Chairman of the Swedish Royal Opera and a Board member of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

Mr Dalborg was awarded the King's Medal of the Twelfth Dimension with the Ribbon of the Order of the Seraphims for excellent efforts in Swedish trade issues.

He has also been awarded Finnish and Norwegian orders for strengthening the trade relations between Sweden and these countries.

Mr Dalborg is based in Stockholm.

Tom de Swaan

Current Positions

Tom de Swaan is an Advisory Board Member of Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi AS and will join the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO Group and ABM AMRO Bank NV as Chairman in 2018.

Background Information

Tom de Swaan has served in the banking industry of the Netherlands for over 40 years. He joined De Nederlandsche Bank NV in 1972 and from 1986 until 1998 was a member of the Governing Board.

In January 1999 he became a member of the Managing Board and Chief Financial Officer of ABN AMRO Bank NV and after his retirement in 2006 he continued to be an adviser to the Managing Board until June 2007.

Between 1987 and 1988, he was Chairman of the Amsterdam Financial Center and from 1995 to 1997, Chairman of the banking Supervisory sub-Committee of the European Monetary Institute.

Mr de Swaan became a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 1991 and was its Chairman from 1997 to 1998. He was also a Non-Executive Director of the UK Financial Services Authority from 2001 to 2006.

From 2006 until September 2013 he held the post of Vice-Chairman of Royal Ahold Delhaize NV. Concurrently he served as a Non-Executive Director of the Board of GlaxoSmithKline plc, concluding this role in 2015.

From 2008 until February 2016 Mr de Swaan was a member of the Supervisory Board of Van Lanschot Kempen NV, the holding company of an independent Dutch bank, where he served as Chairman until the end of 2015. He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the China Banking Regulatory Commission in Beijing from 2009 to 2017.

Tom de Swaan served as the Chairman of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd and of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd from 2016 until April 2018 and was the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal DSM NV, a Netherlands-based global life sciences and material sciences group, until April 2018.

Other Notable Interests

Tom de Swaan is Chairman of the Board of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and acts as Director of certain other non-profit organizations.

Mr de Swaan is a member of the IIF Board of Directors and the European Financial Services Round Table (EFR).

Tom de Swaan is based in Amsterdam.

Wout Dekker

Current Positions

Wout Dekker is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Co-Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee at Randstad Holding NV.  He is also a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Friesland Campina NV and SHV Holdings NV and Chairman of the Board at Princess Maxima Centre for Child Oncology.

Background Information

Mr Dekker studied animal sciences and after graduating in 1983 joined Trouw International, where he focused on R&D for the fishing industry. He held senior management positions at Trouw de Chile Holding and BP Nutrition.   Following a management buy-out of BP Nutrition, Wout Dekker became the COO and Member of the Executive Board of the newly formed Nutreco NV.  He was appointed CEO in 2002 and held that position until he stepped down in 2012. 

In 2010 he joined the Supervisory Board of Rabobank, one of Europe’s largest cooperatives, as a Non-Executive Director and served as Chairman between 2013 and 2016,  In addition, he was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Macintosh Retail Group between 2007 - 2014.

Wout Dekker has been a Member of the Supervisory Board at Ranstad Holding NV since March 2012 and was appointed Chairman in 2015.

Other Notable Interests

Mr Dekker holds a Master degree in Zoo technology at the Agricultural University of Wageningen.

In 2012, Wout Decker was appointed as Officer of the Order of Oranje-Nassau.  An honour granted by the Royal Household of the Netherlands in recognition of special merit in society.

He is based in Amsterdam.

Jan du Plessis

Current Positions

Jan du Plessis is currently Chairman of BT Group plc.

Background Information

Raised near Cape Town, Jan du Plessis started his career as a Chartered Accountant and joined the South African Rembrandt Group Limited, before being transferred by them to London and later on to Switzerland to work in financial and legal functions.

In 1988 he became Group Finance Director of Richemont SA, a diversified Swiss holding company. When he resigned from that role sixteen years later the group had been significantly restructured into the second biggest luxury goods group in the world.

From 1990 to 1996 he also held the additional role of Group Finance Director of Rothmans International plc, at that time a FTSE 30 subsidiary company of Richemont.

In 1999 he became a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco plc prior to occupying the Chairmanship of that company from May 2004 to October 2009.

Mr du Plessis was a Non-Executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group plc from October 2005 to April 2009, taking on the role of Audit Committee Chair towards the end of that period.

In 2005 he became Chairman of RHM plc, one of the UK's leading food producers, and in that capacity led its transition from private equity ownership to public company, until the recommended take-over of RHM by Premier Foods in March 2007.

In 2008 he became a Non-Executive Director of the retailer Marks & Spencer Group plc and then the Senior Independent Director in March 2012, until he resigned from the Board in March 2015.

In July 2015 Mr du Plessis became Chairman of SABMiller plc until October 2016, having previously joined that Board as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman-Elect in September 2014.

He was Chairman of Rio Tinto plc from April 2009 until March 2018, having been appointed as Non-Executive Director in September 2008.

Other Notable Interests

Jan du Plessis is based in London.

Oscar Fanjul

Current Positions

Oscar Fanjul is currently the Vice Chairman and CEO of Omega Capital SL. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. He is Independent Vice Chairman at LafargeHolcim Limited. He is Lead Independent Director of Ferrovial SA. He remains Honorary Chairman of Repsol SA where he served previously as Chairman Founder and CEO.

Background Information

Oscar Fanjul started his career at the National Institute of Industry (INI) and has also worked at the Confederación Española Cajas de Ahorros (CECA).

From 1983 to 1984, he served as Technical Secretary General and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Industry and Energy for Spain.

Oscar Fanjul was the Chairman Founder and CEO of Repsol SA from its inception in 1986 until 1996.

In 1997 he became Chairman of the NH Hotels Group SA, a post he held until 1999, when he moved on to the Chairmanship of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico SA, a position he held until 2001.

From 2001 – 2010 he served as a Non-Executive Director of the London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG). He has also been a Non-Executive Director for Unilever plc, Areva SA, BBVA SA and Acerinox SA.

Other Notable Interests

Mr Fanjul has been a Trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation and a member of the Competitiveness Advisory Group to the President of the European Commission.

He is also a Trustee of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, of the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Empresa (IESE) and of the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI).

Oscar Fanjul is based in Madrid.

Niall FitzGerald KBE

Current Positions

Niall FitzGerald is currently Chairman of the Board of Brand Learning Partners Limited and a Senior Advisor to Allen & Co. He is also currently the Chairman of Hakluyt's International Advisory Board, Chairman of NiJaCo Limited and a Member of the Mitsubishi International Advisory Committee.

Background Information

Niall FitzGerald joined the Boards of Unilever plc and Unilever NV in 1987 and served as Director of Finance, Foods and Detergents before his appointment as Chairman and CEO in 1996. During his Unilever career, he worked and lived in Ireland, the Netherlands, South Africa, the USA and the UK.

Mr FitzGerald then became Chairman and CEO of Unilever from 1996 to 2004 and went on to serve as Chairman of Reuters Group plc and Deputy Chairman of Thomson Reuters plc between 2004 and 2011. He has previously been Chairman of Holdingham Group Limited (Hakluyt & Co).

He has also been Non-Executive Director of Merck & Co Inc, Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson, Bank of Ireland Group plc and the Prudential plc. He was the President of the Advertising Association between 2000 and 2005.

Mr FitzGerald has been a member of numerous International Advisory Councils, ranging from Investments, Foreign Relations and Accounting Standards to Agriculture and Trade. He was also a member of the Kok Commission on the Lisbon Agenda, Chairman of the CBI Europe Committee and a member of the World Economic Forum Foundation Board.

Other Notable Interests

Niall FitzGerald was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum and on the Spencer Stuart Advisory Board. He has been co-Chair of the Investment Climate Facility for Africa, Chairman of the Nelson Mandela Legacy Trust (UK), the International Business Council and of The Conference Board and co-Chairman of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD).

Mr FitzGerald holds a number of honorary doctorates and has also been the recipient of numerous other awards for his work on global business issues.

In 2015 Mr FitzGerald received the Distinguished Service Award from the President of Ireland and in 2002 he was awarded an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire.

Mr Fitzgerald is based in London.

Douglas Flint CBE

Current Positions

Sir Douglas Flint is currently Chairman of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Just Finance Foundation, a Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, Chairman of the Hong Kong Association, Chairman of the Corporate Board of Cancer Research UK and a Trustee of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.

Background Information

Sir Douglas was educated at Glasgow University where he gained a BAcc (Hons) degree. He also completed the PMD course at Harvard Business School in 1983. He began his career with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (now KPMG LLP) where he trained as a chartered accountant. He was appointed a partner of the firm in 1988.

Sir Douglas specialised in banking, multinational financial reporting, treasury and securities trading operations, group re-organisations and litigation support while at KPMG. He joined HSBC in 1995 and was appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director. In 2010, Sir Douglas’s responsibilities were broadened to that of Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director Risk and Regulation. He was appointed Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc in 2010 and served for 22 years, retiring in 2017.

In a Non-Executive capacity, Sir Douglas has served as Director of BP plc from 2005 until 2011 and was Chairman of its Audit Committee in his final year.

In other roles, Sir Douglas served on the Board of the Institute of International Finance and was its Chairman from 2012 until 2016. He was a member of both the Mayor of Beijing’s and the Mayor of Shanghai’s International Business Leaders’ Advisory Council and was a member of the International Advisory Board of the China Europe International Business School, Shanghai. He was an independent external member of the Financial Services Trade and Investment Board in the UK and has been, by invitation from the then Prime Minister, a British Business Ambassador. In 2017 he was appointed by the Chancellor as Special Envoy to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Other Notable Interests

Sir Douglas is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, he has served on the Accounting Standards Board and on the Shipley Working Group on Public Disclosure. In June 2006 he was honoured with a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by Her Majesty the Queen and in June 2018 he was knighted in recognition of his services to the finance industry.

Sir Douglas is based in London.

Clara Furse DBE

Current Positions

Dame Clara Furse is the Chairman of HSBC UK, the ring-fenced bank of HSBC Group and a Non-Executive Director of Vodafone Group plc and Amadeus IT Group SA.

She is also a member of the Panel of Senior Advisors to Chatham House and a member of Bocconi University’s International Advisory Council.

Background Information

Dame Clara began her career in 1979 as a broker, moving to UBS Phillips and Drew Limited in 1983. This was followed by 15 years at UBS Investment Bank, where she became a Managing Director in 1995 and Global Head of Futures in 1996. Dame Clara then moved to Credit Lyonnaise Rouse where she was Group Chief Executive from 1998 to 2000. From January 2001 to May 2009 she was Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange Group plc.

She was a Non-Executive Director of Nomura Holdings Inc from June 2010 to March 2017, the lead Independent Director of the UK's Department for Work and Pensions until April 2017. She has also held Non-Executive Director positions at Euroclear plc, LCH Clearnet Group Limited, Fortis SA, Legal & General Group plc and was a member of the Shanghai International Financial Advisory Council (SIFAC). In 2012 she chaired the Lead Expert Group of the UK Government’s Office for Science Foresight Project on the future of computer trading in financial markets.

Dame Clara was also an External Member of the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC), joining the new statutory body and macroprudential regulator in April 2013.

Other Notable Interests

In 2005 she was listed as one of the 50 most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune magazine and in 2007, Times magazine ranked Dame Clara among the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Dame Clara was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008 for her contribution to the Financial Services industry.

She has also served as a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of LIFFE.

Dame Clara Furse is based in London.

Chris Gibson-Smith

Current Positions

Dr Gibson-Smith is Chairman of Just Group plc, a life insurance company and Vice-Chairman of UBS Investment Bank. He is also a Chairman of Reform, an independent think tank.

Background Information

Dr Gibson-Smith spent over 30 years with BP plc in various roles, becoming Group Managing Director, before leaving the company in 2001.

He then moved on to become Chairman of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) Limited from 2001 to 2005.

He was Business Ambassador for the UK Trade & Investment organisation (UKTI) (previously known as British Trade International) from 2008 to 2010.

Dr Gibson-Smith stepped down as Chairman of the London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) at the end of July 2015, having been in this role since 2003. The LSEG is an international diversified exchange group, operating a broad range of equity, bond and derivatives markets and offering a wide range of data, information, index and technology products and services.

He was Chairman of The British Land Company plc (UK’s second largest property group by market cap) from 2007 through 2012.

Dr Gibson-Smith was a Governor of the London Business School from 2005 to 2012 and a Non-Executive Director for the Qatar Financial Centre Authority from 2006 to 2012. He was also a Non-Executive Director for Lloyds Banking Group plc 1999-2005, and for Powergen plc.

Other Notable Interests

Dr Gibson-Smith was a Sloan Fellow of the Stanford Business School and is an Honorary Fellow of University College Durham.

In the 2011 Queen’s Awards, Dr Gibson-Smith was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Dr Gibson-Smith is based in London.

Val Gooding

Current Positions

Val Gooding is currently Chairman of Aviva Insurance UK Limited and a Non-Executive Director of TUI AG and Vodafone Group plc.

Background Information

Val Gooding began her career with British Airways plc where worked for 23 years and held a number of positions, including Head of Cabin Services, Head of Marketing, Director of Business Units and Director, Asia Pacific.

In 1996 Val Gooding became Managing Director of British United Provident Association (Bupa) and was appointed to the position of CEO in 1998, a role she held for ten years before stepping down in 2008.

Ms Gooding was Chairman of Premier Farnell plc from 2011 to 2016.

She has held Non-Executive Directorships of Standard Chartered plc, the UK Home Office, the BBC, J Sainsbury plc, Compass Group plc, BAA plc and CWC plc.

Val was a member of the Council of Warwick University, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Warwick Business School, and a Board member of both the Confederation of British Industry and Association of British Insurers.

Ms Gooding was also President of the International Federation of Health Plans.

Other Notable Interests

Val Gooding is a Trustee of The English National Ballet, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Chairman of the Lawn Tennis Association Trust. She was Trustee and Deputy Chairman at the British Museum and Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces.

Ms Gooding was awarded a CBE in 2002 for services to business.

In 2005 ‘Fortune’ magazine listed her as one of the most powerful business women outside the US and in 2006 she was given a PwC Lifetime Achievement Award by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

Ms Gooding has honorary doctorates from Warwick, Cranfield, Bournemouth and Middlesex Universities.

Ms Gooding is based in London.

Jim Hagemann Snabe

Current Positions

Jim Hagemann Snabe is currently Chairman of AP Moller - Maersk A/S, Chairman of Siemens AG, Vice-Chairman of Allianz SE and he is a Member of the Board of Trustees at World Economic Forum.

He is also a Senior Advisor to Warburg Pincus LLC and Advisory Board Member to Docusign Inc.

Background Information

Jim Hagemann Snabe started his career in 1990 working at SAP AG. He developed his career through 24 years of service in the IT industry, holding varied leadership roles across Europe.

He moved from Managing Director at SAP Svenska AB to Regional Managing Director, SAP Nordic and then a number of leading roles in SAP AG, Germany culminating in his appointment in 2008 as an Executive Board member and ultimately co-CEO of SAP AG in 2010. He has also been on the Board of SAP SE, where he was the co-CEO.

In 2014 he decided to leave the role as an executive and leverage his digital experience to help accelerate the digital transformation of society and global non-IT companies.

At this same time Mr Snabe became a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum. In this role he has been involved in projects related to the digital future of Europe, driven by the European Commission.

From 2015 to 2016 Mr Snabe was Chairman of the World Economic Forum USA Inc.

Mr Snabe has previously served on the Boards of Danske Bank A/S and Bang & Olufsen A/S where he held the position of Vice-Chairman.

Other Notable Interests

He is an academic contributor to and a member of the Board Leadership Society in Denmark and is involved in developing and delivering a new executive leadership development programme at Copenhagen Business School. In 2016 he was appointed Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School.

Jim Hagemann Snabe is based in Copenhagen and Munich.

Philip Hampton

Current Positions

Sir Philip is currently the Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline plc. He is also a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Anglo American plc and serves as Chairman of their Remuneration Committee.

Background Information

Sir Philip Hampton started his professional career with the auditors Coopers & Lybrand LLP in 1975, working in various audit and investigation positions in London and West Africa. In 1981 he joined Lazard & Co Limited, working on mergers and acquisitions, business restructurings and capital markets.

In 1986 he was seconded to Lazard Frères & Co LLC in New York and also worked extensively with Lazard Frères in Paris.

From 1990 he worked for British Steel plc as Group Finance Director and became Group Finance Director of British Gas plc in July 1996. In 2000 he joined BT Group plc as Group Finance Director. From 2002 until 2004 he worked as CFO for the Lloyds TSB Group plc.

Sir Philip was Chairman of J Sainsbury plc until 2009 and then became Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc until he stepped down in May 2015 to become Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline plc.

Sir Philip has also been Non-Executive Director at RMC Group plc and is the former Chairman of UK Financial Investments Ltd, set up by the UK Government.

Until the end of 2010 he was a Non-Executive Director at Belgacom SA, where he chaired the Audit Committee.

Other Notable Interests

Sir Philip was a Vice-Chairman of the CBI from 2008 to 2009.

In December 2006 Sir Philip was knighted for his contribution to Public Services.

Sir Philip is based in London.

Baroness Hogg

Current Positions

Baroness Sarah Hogg is currently Chairman of the Audit Committee at the John Lewis Partnership plc, she is also a Senior Independent Director of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and a member of the Takeover Panel (UK). She holds a Non-Executive Directorship at The Times Newspaper Holdings Limited.

Background Information

Early in her career, Baroness Sarah Hogg was responsible for the economics coverage of a number of Britain's most respected publications, including The Economist, The Times and the Daily Telegraph. She was involved in the start-up of The Independent, hiring and managing its award-winning business team from 1986 to 1989.

Thereafter she was Head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit from 1990 to 1995 and was closely involved in the programmes of privatisation and private finance, performance measurement in public services and international economic issues. During this time she was the Prime Minister's closest adviser on the Uruguay round of trade negotiations.

Baroness Hogg has extensive experience of business, government and the media, having worked at the highest level in all three sectors. Notably she was the first woman to become Chairman of a FTSE 100 company and has sat on eight other FTSE 100 Boards.

Baroness Hogg was the founding Chairman of Frontier Economics Limited. In 2002 she became Chairman of 3i Group plc, Europe's largest listed private equity company, where she stayed until 2010, when she took on the Chairmanship of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

She has previously served on the Boards of BG Group plc, GKN plc, the dual-listed company Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, as well as Cadbury plc.

Other Notable Interests

Baroness Hogg is a Trustee of the Trusthouse Foundation, St. Mary's School in Ascot, Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire Limited, and of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust.

She was created a Life Peer in the 1995 New Year's Honours List and in 2005 she received the CBI Lifetime Award for Women in Business. Baroness Hogg has also received many honorary fellowships.

Baroness Hogg is based in London.

Franz Humer

Current Positions

Dr Humer is currently Independent Lead Director of Arix Bioscience (London) plc. He also sits on the Board as an Independent Director of Allogene, Independent Director of CitiGroup Inc (New York), Huya Bioscience International LLC and Walter Frey Holding. Dr Humer is Chairman of the Advisory Board LetterOne Holdings SA, and Health Advisor to Temasek Holdings (Singapore).

Background Information

Dr Humer has spent his executive career in the pharmaceutical industry, commencing with Schering-Plough, which is now known as Merck & Co and then working with Glaxo for many years where he became the COO in 1993.

He joined F Hoffmann-La Roche in 1995 and was appointed CEO of Roche Holding Ltd in 1998, a role he held until 2008. He has also been the Chairman of the Roche Holding Board from 2001 to March 2014.

He joined the Board of Diageo, the world’s leading spirits company in 2005 and was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Diageo plc from 2008 to December 2016.

Dr Humer was Chairman of INSEAD until January 2015.

Other Notable Interests

Dr Humer is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and of the Humer Foundation. He has been awarded several honorary doctorates.

Dr Humer is based in Zurich.

Susan S Kilsby

Current Positions

Susan S. Kilbsy is the current Chairman of Shire plc, she is also a Non-Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International, Diageo plc, Fortune Brands Home and Security Inc, and BBA Aviation plc, where she is Senior Independent Director and Chairs the Remuneration Committee.

Background Information

Susan has a BA in Economics from Wellesley College, an MBA from the Yale School of Management and in 2016 received a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from The City University London. Susan started her career when she joined The First Boston Corporation, a predecessor company of Credit Suisse Group AG, in 1980, working in the Mergers and Acquisition Group in New York until 1992. She later moved to London as Head of Credit Suisse's European Consumer, Retail & Services group in Investment Banking and, from 2002 until 2007, was Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Advisor for EMEA and later Chairman.

From 2009 through 2014, she was Senior Advisor at Credit Suisse, where she focused on senior level coverage of global corporations.

Ms Kilsby previously served on the Boards of Coca-Cola HBC AG, Keurig Green Mountain Inc, where she Chaired the Audit Committee, and L'Occitane SA, where she Chaired the Remuneration Committee.

Other Notable Interests

She is a Senior Visiting Fellow of Cass Business School in London and Chairman of the M&A Research Centre at Cass. She is a member of Wellesley College's Business Leadership Council and serves on the Board of Advisors of the Gordon A Rich Foundation.

Ms Kilsby was Chairman of the International region of C200 from 2010 to 2013: an organisation composed of leading women in business globally and was a founding member of the Competitor Diversity Forum in London.

Susan Kilsby has been recognised by both Forbes.com and Financial News as one of the Top Ten Women in Finance and was again recognised by Financial News each year from 2008 through 2011.

Susan Kilsby is based in Sarasotta, Montreux and Capetown.

André Lévy-Lang

Current Positions

Dr André Lévy-Lang is currently the Chairman of Les Echos SAS and Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild & Co.

Background Information

Dr André Lévy-Lang began his career with the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA - the French atomic energy commission) in 1960, then joined the Schlumberger Limited in 1962 where he held various engineering, marketing and management positions in France and the United States. Between 1963 and 1965 he was a Harkness Fellow at Stanford University.

In 1974 he joined Paribas, a banking group, through one of its major affiliates, Compagnie Bancaire, the leading European group of specialised financial services companies. He was appointed CEO of Compagnie Bancaire SA in 1982.

In 1990 Dr Lévy-Lang was appointed CEO of the Paribas group, a position he held until 1999 when Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) acquired Paribas to create BNP-Paribas.

Dr Lévy-Lang was a member of the Executive Board of the French Banks Association from 1982 to 1999, and from 1988 until 1994, he was Chairman of the Finance Committee of the French Employers Association (MEDEF).

He has held Directorships on the Boards of Péchiney SA, Elf Aquitaine SA, Finaxa, Schlumberger Limited, Dexia SA and Assurances Générales de France (AGF, now part of Allianz SE). Until May 2011 he was a Non-Executive Director of SCOR SE.

Other Notable Interests

Dr Lévy-Lang is a Governor of the American Hospital of Paris Foundation, he chairs the Fondation du Risque and the Institut Louis Bachelier (ILB) and sits on the Boards of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Fondation Europlace de Finance and Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES).

He is active as an independent investor and is a Visiting Professor in Finance at Université de Paris-Dauphine.

Dr Lévy-Lang is a Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur and an Officer of the National Order of Merit.

Dr Lévy-Lang is based in Paris.

Ronnie Leten

Current Positions

Ronnie Leten is the Chairman of Ericsson AB. Mr Leten is also the Chairman of Epiroc AB, a mining and infrastructure subsidiary of Atlas Copco AB, which will be listed as an independent company in the second half of 2018. He is currently a Non-Executive Director on the Board of SKF AB and on the Board of IPCO AS, a leading global supplier of industrial process solutions.

Background Information

Ronnie Leten has spent most of his career with leading Swedish global companies.

After an early career at General Biscuits SA in Belgium, he joined Atlas Copco AB in 1985, where he had various senior positions until 1995.

He then served for 2 years as Plant Manager for Tenneco Automotive France SA in Belgium before returning to the Atlas Copco AB to become Business Area Leader for the worldwide compressor business. In 2009 he became CEO of the entire group.

During his eight-year tenure as CEO of the Atlas Copco Group the company’s market capitalization quadrupled to €45bn. Mr Leten stepped down from this role in early 2017.

Mr Leten has been Non-Executive Director on the Board of Electrolux AB since 2012 and became its Chairman in 2014 until April 2018.

Other Notable Interests

Ronnie Leten is based in Antwerp and Stockholm.

Birger Magnus

Current Positions

Birger Magnus is currently the Chairman of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and is a Board member of Harvard Business Publishing. He is also chairing Working Group Two AS, a JV between Cisco and Telenor ASA. He is a Board member of the shipping group Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi A/S and also chairs high growth companies in the digital arena including the start-ups Kolonial.no AS and Xeneta AS.

Background Information

Birger Magnus started his career with Honeywell Bull AS before joining McKinsey & Co where he spent 11 years and became Managing Partner of the Norway office. In 1996 he joined the media group Schibsted ASA as Regional Executive VP and later became Deputy CEO. During the 13 years he spent with Schibsted in different leadership roles he worked extensively on the digital transformation issues that brought Schibsted to the very front of digital media business models.

As Chairman and Non-Executive Director in sectors such as energy, insurance, shipping and airlines, Mr Magnus has also been leading digital transformation programmes in established industries.

Mr Magnus was previously Board member of Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) AB from 2013-2016, and the Chairman of Statoil Fuel and Retail ASA from 2010 - 2012 - overseeing the sale of the company to Canadian Alimentation Couche-Tard.

He was the Chairman of Storebrand ASA from 2009-2017 and was Vice-Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Aschehoug AS publishing house from 2010-2016.

Up until 2017 Birger Magnus was also the Chairman of Hafslund ASA.

Other Notable Interests

Mr Magnus Chairs several charities and NGOs and has been Chairman of INSEAD International Council, Norway (since 2008).

He is active in seed venture capital.

Birger Magnus is based in Oslo.

Tom McKillop

Current Positions

Sir Tom McKillop is currently Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and Board member of Almirall SA, an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Spain.

Background Information

Sir Tom McKillop began his career with ICI plc in 1969 after post-doctoral research work in Paris.

Within ICI Pharmaceuticals Division he held a number of increasingly senior research and development positions, including Director of Research in France, General Manager (Research) and then General Manager (Development), before his appointment in 1989 as Technical Director of ICI Pharmaceuticals. In this role he had global responsibility for Research, Development, Medical and Production.

In 1992 he was appointed Deputy CEO and in 1994 became CEO of Zeneca Pharmaceuticals plc (Zeneca having demerged from ICI in 1993). In 1999 he led the merger of Astra and Zeneca, becoming Chief Executive of AstraZeneca plc, a position he held until retiring at the end of 2005.

Until 2009 Sir Tom was the Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland plc and a Non-Executive Director of BP plc. He has also served as Senior Non-Executive Director of Lloyds TSB Group plc and been a Non-Executive Director of TheraVectys (Paris) and Amersham International plc, before it was acquired by General Electric.

More recently he has held the position of Chairman of Evolva Holdings SA, a Swiss listed biotech company and he has served on the boards of Alere Inc, an international diagnostics company with its headquarters in Massachusetts, USA, and UCB SA, a biopharmaceutical company based in Brussels.

Other Notable Interests

Sir Tom has been President of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Industry Task Force and a member of both the European Round Table of Industrialists and the European Financial Roundtable.

He has received many scholarly awards and fellowships. He is both a Fellow of The Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry, and an Honorary Fellow of The Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Sir Tom is based in London.

Gérard Mestrallet

Current Positions

Gérard Mestrallet is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of ENGIE SA and of GDF SUEZ Rassembleurs d’Energies SAS, having been the CEO and Chairman for 21 years. He is a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Société Générale SA and a Member of JPMorgan Chase & Co’s International Council. He is also a member of the Board and member of the Executive Committee of Saudi Electric Company (SEC).

Background Information

Gérard Mestrallet is a graduate of the French engineering school, École Polytechnique, and of École Nationale d’Administration. He began his career as a Civil Administrator in the Treasury in Paris and then became Advisor on Industrial Affairs to Jacques Delors, Economy and Finance Minister (1982-1984).

Mr Mestrallet then joined Compagnie Financière de Suez. In 1986 he was appointed Senior Executive Vice-President in charge of industrial affairs. In 1991 he was named Chairman of the Management Committee of Société Générale de Belgique SA. In 1995, he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de SUEZ SA. Gérard Mestrallet was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GDF SUEZ SA (now ENGIE) when SUEZ merged with Gaz de France on July 2008. In 2016, he became Chairman of the Board of ENGIE SA and is also Chairman of the Board of SUEZ.

In 2002 he was a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Crédit Agricole Indosuez SA, Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA and Safran. Subsequently he served as a Non-Executive Director for AXA SA and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA and was a member of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG until end of January 2018.

Other Notable Interests

Gérard Mestrallet is Chairman of Paris EUROPLACE and of FACE (Foundation Against Exclusion) and Governor of The International Economic Forum of the Americas.

He is Chairman of the Chongqing Mayor's International Economic Advisory Council as well as a Member of the Shanghai and Beijing Mayors’ International Economic Advisory Councils. He is a Director of Tongii University, Shanghai.

Mr Mestrallet has been a Member of the European Round Table of Industrialists and of the French Institute of Directors. Mr Mestrallet received an Honorary Doctorate from Cranfield University in 2010.

He received the Commander of Léopold’s Order in January 1997, Commander of the National Order of Merit of the French Republic in May 2012 and Commander of the Order of the Legion d’Honneur in January 2017.

Gérard Mestrallet is based in Paris.

Glen Moreno

Current Positions

Glen Moreno is a Director of Fidelity International Limited, one of the world's leading investment companies.

Background Information

Glen Moreno spent over 18 years with Citigroup Inc (1969-1987), holding senior positions in Europe and Asia. He was a member of the group's Policy Committee.

From 1987 to 1991 he was Chief Executive of Fidelity International Limited, where he still serves as a Director and Chairman of the Capital Committee.  He led the company's international expansion, including the launch of the hallmark global product range, Fidelity Funds.

Until mid-2009 Mr Moreno was Senior Independent Director of Man Group plc and was involved in the successful demerger of Man's traditional commodities trading business to focus on financial services. In 2009 he served as Acting Chairman of UK Financial Investments (UKFI), the organisation created to manage the UK government's investment in troubled banks. From 2005 to 2015 he was Chairman of Pearson plc, a global publishing and educational business, and from 2015 to 2018 he was Chairman of Virgin Money plc.

Mr Moreno has previously held positions as a Senior Independent Director and Deputy Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group plc and Deputy Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council.  Until 2017 he was a Director of Grupo Prisa SA, and a Senior Advisor to HSBC Holding plc.

Other Notable Interests

Glen Moreno is a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation, founded in 1958 to advance Anglo-American links, and which has since broadened to involve nations from all over the world. As an American and British national, he divides his time between the US and the UK.

He is also a Director of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Glen Moreno is based in the US.

Harold Norvik

Current positions

Harald Norvik is an Independent Consultant who is currently a Member and Lead Director of the Board of ConocoPhillips Company and the Chairman of Kraft Bank, Imatis and Energynest. He is also a Member of the Board of Umoe Group AS, Arundo and Rock Energy and he currently serves as Chairman of the Nominations Committee of Petroleum Geo Services (PGS) and Veidekke ASA.

Background information

After receiving his Master of Science Degree in Business from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Harald Norvik worked at the Institute of Technology before serving as Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Norway (1976-79) and also as State Secretary at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (1979-81).

From 1981 to 1988 he was CFO at Aker Group, a leading global oil services company, and from 1986 to 1988 he was CEO of Astrup Høyer A/S and Member of the Executive Board of the Aker Group.

Mr Norvik was appointed CEO and President of Norwegian oil company Statoil AB in 1988 and he left the company in 1999.

Previously Harald Norvik served as Chairman of Scandinavian Airline Systems (SAS) AB, Telenor ASA, Oslo Stock Exchange ASA and TV2 AS (Commercial TV Company), and Deputy Chairman of PGS ASA (Petroleum Geo Services).

Mr Norvik has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Den Norske Bank ASA, and Chairman of the Board of Deep Ocean Group Holding BV and also a Board Member of Orkla ASA and AGR Group ASA.

Other notable interests

He is the Chairman of the Board of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Harald Norvik is based in Oslo.

Jorma Ollila

Current Positions

Jorma Ollila is Non-Executive Director of Tetra Laval International SA and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. Mr Ollila is an Advisory Partner of Perella Weinberg Partners LP, a Board member of TBG AG and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Miltton Oy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Xinova Management Group LLC.

Background Information

Jorma Ollila started his career in the banking industry, working with Citibank OY for seven years in several managerial positions before moving on to join Nokia OYJ in 1985.

With Nokia he was President of Nokia Mobile Phones (1990-1992), President and CEO of Nokia Corporation (1992-1999), Chairman and CEO (1999-2006) and finally Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nokia OYJ (1999-2012).

Mr Ollila also served as Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc from 2006 to 2015 and Chairman of Outokumpu OYJ from 2013 to 2018.

He was Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA and Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA between 2005 and 2017.

He has previously been a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Ford Motor Company (2000-2008) and Vice-Chairman at UPM-Kymmene Corp.

He was Vice-Chairman of the EU Reflection Group 2007-2010 and was the Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) between 2005 and 2009.

Other Notable Interests

Mr Ollila was a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Helsinki during 2009 to 2017.

He was awarded Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2006, Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2008 and has received honorary awards in Poland, Germany, the Netherlands and Estonia.

Mr Ollila is based in Helsinki.

Richard Olver

Current Positions

Sir Richard is currently a Director of a US private Shale business and Chairman of a private European Gas Exploration Company. He serves as an Advisor to Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC and to HSBC Holdings plc. Sir Richard is also currently a UK Business Ambassador.

Background Information

Sir Richard Olver joined BP plc in 1973. His early career involved a wide range of oil, gas and refining projects in Britain, Canada, Scotland, the Middle East and Norway.

He was appointed Vice-President, BP Pipelines North America Inc. in 1979. In 1983 he became Divisional Manager for new technology with responsibility for offshore, Arctic and enhanced oil recovery technology development.

In April 1992 Sir Richard became Chief Executive, BP Exploration, USA, where he led BP plc's growth in deep water exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1995 he became Deputy Chief Executive of BP Exploration Inc.

He was appointed to the Board of BP plc and became CEO of Exploration and Production in 1998. Sir Richard led the Upstream E&P business of BP for 5 years and became Deputy Group Chief Executive in 2003, a position he held until July 2004.

Sir Richard then became Chairman of BAE Systems plc, Europe's largest defence company, and held this position for 10 years until early 2014. He was also a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Reuters Group plc, subsequently Thomson Reuters Corp, until December 2008.

Sir Richard was also Deputy Chairman of TNK-BP, the largest inward investment ever made in Russia, from July 2004 until October 2006.

Other Notable Interests

From 2005 until 2015 Sir Richard was a member of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the City and Guilds London Institute.

Sir Richard was knighted in 2013 for services to business and contribution to UK corporate governance. He is a recipient of several honorary doctorates from universities in the UK.

He was awarded the 2015 President's Medal by the Royal Academy of Engineering and in 2012 he was The Sunday Times Non-Executive Director of the Year.

Sir Richard Olver is based in London.

John Parker

Current Positions

Sir John Parker is Chairman of the Water and Energy Recovery Group and of Pennon Group plc and Laing O’Rourke Corporation Limited. He is Non-Executive Director of Carnival Corporation, a Senior Advisor to Spencer Stuart and the Senior Non-Executive Director on the Cabinet Office Board.

Background Information

Sir John Parker started his early career in shipbuilding. Following nationalisation of the industry he was appointed to the Board of the British Shipbuilders Corporation in 1978 and later became Deputy Chief Executive. He became Chairman and Chief Executive of Harland & Wolff Group plc in 1983.

Sir John joined Babcock International Group plc as CEO and then became Chairman and CEO in 1994. In 1997 he became Non-Executive Director of British Gas Group plc, which led to him becoming Chairman of the Lattice Group plc on its demerger from BG Group. When Lattice merged with National Grid Sir John became Chairman of National Grid plc.

He was a Non-Executive Director of Airbus SE until April 2018 and Senior Non-Executive Director and Chair on the Court of the Bank of England until June 2009 and, from 2009 to 2017 Sir John was Chairman of Anglo American plc.

Sir John has also been Joint-Chairman of Mondi plc, Chair of the BVT Joint Venture and a member of the Prime Minister's Business Council for Britain. He was also Chancellor of the University of Southampton.

Sir John has served as Non-Executive Director of the Industrial Development Board of Northern Ireland, British Coal Corporation, GKN plc, BG plc and Brambles Industries plc. He was Chairman of Firth Rixson plc and Deputy Chairman of P&O Princess Cruises plc. He was Chairman RMC Group from 2002 where he led the Group’s sale to Cemex of Mexico. As Chairman of P&O he led the Group’s sale to DP World (Dubai) in 2006, where he then held the position of Vice-Chairman up to 2015.

Other Notable Interests

Sir John is a Fellow of numerous prestigious Academies of Engineering and a recipient of honorary doctorates from a number of universities. He was a Member of the Prime Ministers Committee of Science & Technology and a Member of Davies Committee – Women on Boards. In 2017 he Chaired the review for Government on Ethnic Diversity on UK Boards and completed ‘A Review of UK Naval Shipbuilding Strategy for MOD’ in 2016.

He was knighted in 2001 for Services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries and was appointed GBE in 2012 for Services to Industry and the Voluntary Sectors.

 Sir John Parker is based in London.

John Peace

Current Positions

Sir John Peace is currently Chairman of Burberry Group plc.

Background Information

Sir John Peace has a strong financial services and retailing background and in 1980 he was one of the founders of CCN Systems, an early pioneer of credit scoring techniques, risk models and the development of customer segmentation systems. CCN went on to become Experian Group plc, a global information services company providing data and analytical tools to clients in over 90 countries.

In 2000 he became Group CEO of GUS plc, of which Experian and Burberry were a part. He spearheaded a major restructuring strategy to refocus the group, including the acquisition and disposal of more than 50 businesses worldwide.

In 2002, Burberry was floated on the London Stock Exchange with Sir John as its Chairman.

In 2006 GUS plc was demerged and Experian became a FTSE 100 business in its own right, again with Sir John as its Chairman up until 2014.

In 2007 Sir John joined the Board of Standard Chartered plc and held the position of Chairman from 2009 to 2016.

Other Notable Interests

Sir John is committed to supporting his local community and has a long-standing interest in education. For 10 years he was Chairman of the Board of Governors of Nottingham Trent University. He has been a Trustee of the Djanogly City Academy in Nottingham since 1999.

He is Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire and was knighted in 2011 for services to business and the voluntary sector. Sir John is also committed to supporting the Midlands region and is currently Chairman of the Midlands Engine Partnership and Midlands Connect. He is the Chancellor of Nottingham Trent University.

Sir John Peace is based in London.

Roberto Quarta

Current Positions

Roberto Quarta is currently Chairman of WPP plc and of Smith & Nephew plc. He is also Partner and Chairman of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Europe LLC (CD&R), where he played the lead operating role in their investment in SPIE SA, a global energy and communications’ company with 40,000 employees.

Background Information

Roberto Quarta started his career with BTR plc in 1979 and was their Regional MD and Executive VP before his final role as Divisional CEO and Main Board member, before leaving them in 1993.

He joined BBA Group as Chief Executive in 1993, becoming their Chairman in 2001, a role he kept until 2006 after joining CD&R.

Mr Quarta has previously been the Chairman of Rexel SA, IMI plc and Brake Brothers plc. He was also previously on the Boards of SPIE SA, BAE Systems plc, Equant NV, Worcester Controls Corp, BTR plc, PowerGen plc and Foster Wheeler AG.

Other Notable Interests

He was a member of the Advisory Board of INSEAD and of Stockwell Communications LLP and former Trustee of the College of the Holy Cross.

Roberto Quarta is based in London.

Michael Rake, FCA, FCGI

Current Positions

Sir Michael Rake is currently a Director of S&P Global Inc, Director of Worldpay Inc and Chairman of Majid Al Futtairn Holding LLC. In 2016 he took on 4 new roles: Chairman of the Advisory Council for ‘A Blueprint for Better Business’, Advisor to Teneo Holdings LLC and to Engie in the ÚK, as well as Chairman of Phoenix Global Resources plc.

His business roles include Chairmanship of the International Chamber of Commerce UK, member of the Advisory Council for Business for New Europe and on the Board of the TransAtlantic Business Council.

He is also a Senior Advisor for Chatham House and a member of the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation Global Advisory Board.

Background Information

Sir Michael Rake has spent most of his executive career with KPMG, joining in 1974 to work in Continental Europe, before transferring to the Middle East for three years in 1986. He transferred to London in 1989, became a member of their UK Board in 1991 and was elected UK Senior Partner in 1998.

From 2002 to 2007 Sir Michael was Chairman of KPMG International. Prior to this he was Chairman of KPMG in Europe and Senior Partner of KPMG in the UK.

Sir Michael is also a former Chairman of BT Group plc and Worldpay Group plc and he stepped down as Chairman of EasyJet plc during the summer of 2013.

From 2012 – 2015 he was Deputy Chairman of Barclays plc and was, until 2015, President of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) as well as being a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group until end 2015.

Other Notable Interests

Sir Michael was Chair of Governors and Vice President, Wellington College 2010 to 2016 and is also a William Pitt Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was Chairman of the Henley Festival from 2011 to 2016. He is also Chairman of Great Ormond Street Hospital and Vice-President of the RNÍB.

He was the first Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills from 2007 to 2010 and was a member of the National Security Forum for 2009/2010.

Sir Michael was also a Director at the Financial Reporting Council from 2007 until 2011. He was Chairman of Business in the Community, a member of the Board of the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum and Chairman of the Private Equity Oversight group and the Guidelines Monitoring Committee.

Sir Michael was knighted in the 2007 New Year’s Honours List. In 2013 he received the Channing Award for Corporate Citizenship, was named FTSE 100 Non-Executive Director of the year and also received the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2011 he received the British American Business UK Transatlantic Business Award in recognition of outstanding business leadership.

Sir Michael Rake is based in London.

Denis Ranque

Current Positions

Denis Ranque is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airbus SE (formerly EADS).  He has been a member of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA's Board of Directors since 2002 and a member of CMA-CGM SA's Board of Directors since 2010.

Background Information

Denis Ranque began his career at the French Ministry for Industry, where he held various positions in the energy sector before joining the Thomson Group in 1983 as Planning Director.

The following year, he moved to the electron tubes division, first as Director of space business, then, from 1986, as Director of the division's microwave tubes department.  Two years later, the electron tubes division became the affiliate Thomson Tubes Electroniques, and Mr Ranque took over as Chief Executive of this subsidiary in 1989.

In April 1992, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Thomson Sintra Activités Sous-Marines.  Four years later, he became CEO of Thomson Marconi Sonar, the sonar systems joint venture set up by Thomson-CSF SA and GEC-Marconi.

In January 1998, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Thomson-CSF SA, now called Thales SA.  He resigned from this position in May 2009, as a consequence of a change in shareholding.

From 2010 to 2012 Mr Ranque was Chairman of the Board of Technicolor SA.  He was Chairman of the Board of the École Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris (Mines Paris Tech) from 2001 to 2012 and Chairman of the Cercle de l’Industrie, an association which unites France’s biggest industrial companies, from 2002 to 2012.

He stepped down from the Board of CGG Veritas SA in 2012.

Mr Ranque was a member of the Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement SA (FSI) Board of Directors between 2012 and 2013 and held the post of President of the French Corporate Governance Committee (AFEP/MEDEF) between 2013 and 2017.

Other Notable Interests

Since 2014 Mr Ranque has been the Chairman of Fondation de l'École Polytechnique and has been elected a Member of Académie des Technologies.

Mr Ranque is an Officer of the Légion d'Honneur and a Commander of the National Order of Merit. He has been awarded a CBE in the UK and is a member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Mr Ranque is based in Paris.

Vagn Sørensen

Current Positions

Vagn Sørensen is currently Chairman of Air Canada Inc. He also serves as Chairman of FLSmidth & Co A/S, SSP Group plc, Zebra A/S (Tiger) and TIA Technology A/S. Mr Sørensen is also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited and a Senior Advisor to EQT Partners A/S.

Background Information

Vagn Sørensen has spent most of his executive career in the aviation business. He first worked for SAS AB for a period of ten years, after which time he joined Austrian Airlines AG where he served as CEO from 2001 to 2006.

Mr Sørensen has since pursued a career as a Non-Executive Director in the leisure, hotel and aviation sectors. He is currently on the Board of Directors at Unilode Aviation Solutions AG, Nordic Aviation Capital A/S and VFS Global AG.

He has around 20 years’ experience in private equity, mainly with EQT.

Mr Sørensen was previously Chairman of British Midland Airways Ltd, Chairman of Scandic Hotels Group AB (until April 2018), member of the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG, Deputy Chairman of DFDS A/S, Chairman of the Association of European Airlines, member of the Board of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Chairman of deSter Holding BV.

He has also served on the Boards of Scandinavian International Management Institute and Vienna Stock Exchange, JP/Politikens Hus and was Chairman of TDC A/S, the Danish incumbent telco operator.

Other Notable Interests

He is on the Board of the Rock’n Roll Forever Foundation.

Vagn Sørensen is based in London and Copenhagen.

David Simon

Current Positions

Lord Simon of Highbury CBE is currently an Advisory Board member of Dana Gas PJSC, Montrose Associates Limited and MWM. Lord Simon is a member of the Board of Governors of the Institute for Government in the UK. He also sits on the Council for the Centre for European Reform in London and the Board of CEPS in Brussels.

Background Information

Lord Simon of Highbury started his career with British Petroleum plc and joined the BP Group Main Board in 1985 where he was Managing Director Finance and COO. He became Group Chief Executive in 1992 and was appointed Chairman in 1995.

In 1997, Lord Simon was appointed Minister of State in HM Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry as Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe. He retired from ministerial office and the Lords Front Bench in 1999 to become Advisor to the Cabinet Office.

He was appointed by President Prodi to be one of the three-man team advising on the impact of enlargement of the European Union.

Previously, Lord Simon was Deputy Chairman of Unilever plc from 2006-2009, having joined their Board in 2000. He has been Vice-President of the European Round Table of Industrialists and a member of the CBI President's Committee. He was also a Non-Executive Director of the Bank of England, RTZ (later renamed to Rio Tinto plc) and Grand Metropolitan plc. He was previously a member of the Kuratorium of the Hertie Foundation in Frankfurt.

Lord Simon has been a member of the Advisory Boards of Deutsche Bank AG, Allianz SE, Fortis and LEK Consulting Inc and a member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG. He was also a Trustee and Chairman of the Cambridge University Foundation and then Deputy Chairman of the University Council.

He was a Non-Executive Director at Engie SA until May 2016.

Other Notable Interests

He was appointed CBE in 1991, Knighted in 1995 and entered the House of Lords in 1997.

Lord Simon is based in London.

Richard Sykes

Current Positions

Sir Richard Sykes is currently Chairman of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and of PDS Biotechnology Corp, and NetScientific plc. He is also Chairman of The UK Stem Cell Foundation, the Royal Institution of Great Britain and of the International Advisory Board, of A*Star Biomedical Research Council, Singapore and Chancellor of Brunel University.

Background Information

Sir Richard Sykes joined Glaxo Research Limited in 1972 as Head of its Antibiotic Research Unit. In 1977 he moved to the US to join the Squibb Institute for Medical Research where he progressed to Vice- President, before re-joining Glaxo in the UK as Chief Executive of Glaxo Group Research in 1986.

In March 1993 Sir Richard was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive of Glaxo, taking on the same roles at Glaxo Wellcome plc in 1997 following the acquisition of Wellcome. He subsequently led the company until 2002, through the formation of GlaxoSmithKline plc, where he was Chairman and CEO.

Sir Richard was a Senior Independent Director of Rio Tinto plc from 1997 to 2008 and Chairman of NHS London from December 2008 to July 2010. He has also been on the board of ContraFect Corp and a Non-Executive Chairman of Circassia Holdings Ltd.

Until 2011 he was Senior Independent Director, Non-Executive Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Eurasian National Resources Corp (ENRC) and until April 2013 he was also Vice-Chairman at Swiss life sciences company Lonza Group AG.

Sir Richard has also been Chairman of the British Pharma Group, Medeus Pharma Limited, member of the President's Committee of the Confederation of British Industry, member of the UK Trade Policy Forum, Chairman of the Task Force for Inward Investment in the UK Pharmaceutical Industry, member of the Advisory Committee for Human Genome Research, member of the Council for Industry & Higher Education and member of DTI's Strategy Board.

Other Notable Interests

Sir Richard holds a number of degrees and awards from institutions both in the UK and overseas. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Academy of Medical Sciences, and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Royal College of Pathologists and Royal College of Physicians. He is also President of the R&D Society, a position he has held since July 2002.

He is a Fellow of Imperial College London, where he was Rector from 2001 to 2008, and a Fellow of Imperial College School of Medicine, King's College London, a Fleming Fellow at Lincoln College and Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales, Cardiff and the University of Central Lancashire.

Sir Richard received a Knighthood in the 1994 New Year's Honours list for services to the pharmaceutical industry and was awarded Honorary Citizenship of Singapore in 2004 for his contribution to the development of the country's biomedical sciences industry.

Sir Richard is based in London.

Sidney Taurel

Current Positions

Sidney Taurel is the current Chairman of Pearson plc, the world’s largest education company. He is also a Board Director and Chairman of the Compensation Committee at IBM Corporation, Chairman Emeritus at Eli Lilly & Co and an Advisory Board member of the Spanish pharmaceutical company Almirall SA.

Background Information

Sidney Taurel was educated in Europe and graduated from HEC Paris. He has spent most of his career with the global pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly & Co, where he served as their CEO and Chairman up to 2008, becoming Chairman Emeritus in 2009.

During his time at Eli Lilly, Mr Taurel also held three US Presidential appointments, serving firstly as a Council Member of the President’s Homeland Security Advisory Council (PHSAC), then on the President’s Export Council (PEC) and in 2007 becoming a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN).

Mr Taurel was a member of the Boards of ITT Inc, where he Chaired the Audit Committee, and of the McGraw-Hill companies (now S&P Global), where he Chaired the Remuneration Committee.

He was also a Partner at Capital Royalty LP, now the CRG LP, and an Advisory Board member at the global investment bank Moelis & Co and at the Japanese company Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Limited.

Other Notable Interests

Mr Taurel is an Officer of the French Légion d'Honneur. He is also a recipient of the Ellis Island Medals of Honour from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) Inc.

Sidney Taurel is based in Miami and London.

Thomas Thune Andersen

Current Positions

Thomas Thune Andersen is currently Chairman of Lloyd's Register Group Limited and Lloyds Register Foundation, as well as Orsted A/S, Denmark (previously DONG ENERGY) which was successfully listed on Copenhagen Stock Exchange in June 2016 and was at the time the largest global IPO that year. He is also a Non-Executive Director of BW Offshore Ltd and Vice-Chairman of VKR Holdings A/S. These companies represent an international Board portfolio in plcs as well as privately owned companies and cover a range of different ownership structures and governance models. He will join the Board of IMI plc in July 2018.

Background Information

Thomas Thune Andersen joined AP Moller-Maersk A/S in 1977 and developed an international career with a wide ranging global experience. He has held numerous senior positions throughout the Group including President and CEO of Maersk Inc, based in New Jersey USA, Managing Director for Maersk Company Ltd, based in UK and latterly as Partner and Member of the Executive Board, and Chief Executive Officer, Maersk Oil.

During his more than 30 years tenure with APM-Maersk he has worked globally with business sectors like Container-Shipping, Logistics, Port Operation and Development, Ship owning and Operation, Oil field Services including Drilling Rigs and traditional upstream E&P.

His experience both through his role as Chairman, Board member, consultant and not least though his long and wide spread career in the AP Moeller-Maersk Group has granted him an extensive global insight, experience from different societal and business cultures as well an extensive international network.

Mr Thune Andersen was head of the process when Lloyd’s Register Foundation, one of the largest UK charities with focus on scientific and technical research as well as support to scientific education, was established in 2013.

Mr Thune Andersen was previously Non-Executive Director of SSE plc, Scotland (2009-2014) and Chairman of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, the Netherlands (2011-2016), and he was Senior Independent Director of Petrofac Limited from 2014-2017.

Other Notable Interests

He has been appointed a Freeman of the City of London.

Thomas Thune Andersen is based in London and Copenhagen.

David Tyler

Current Positions

David Tyler is currently the Chairman of J Sainsbury plc, Hammerson plc, and Domestic & General Group Holdings Limited.

Background Information

David Tyler has had four employers in his executive career: Unilever plc, NatWest Group plc, Christie's International plc and GUS plc.

He learned the basics with Unilever between 1974 and 1986 in a variety of financial, commercial, strategic and general management roles. He also became a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants during this period.

He then spent three years with NatWest Investment Bank as Group Financial Controller and Director of Finance. From 1989 to 1996, he was the Group Finance Director of Christie's International plc and was the Chief Executive of its American business for two years.

Thereafter, he was Group Finance Director of GUS plc from 1997 to 2006, where he took financial and strategic responsibility for the Group through its major transformation over these years.

Following the de-merger of GUS in 2006, Mr Tyler 'went plural' and has been active in a range of Non-Executive roles.

Today he Chairs J Sainsbury plc (since 2009), Hammerson plc (since 2013) and Domestic & General Group Holdings Limited (since 2015).

Previously he was Chairman of Logica plc from 2007 until 2012 when the business was sold. He was also Chairman of 3i Quoted Private Equity plc from its launch in 2007 until 2009.

In addition, Mr Tyler was a Non-Executive Director of Burberry Group plc from 2002 to 2015, of Experian plc from 2006 to 2012, and of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc from 2007 until 2009.

Other Notable Interests

David Tyler has been the Chairman of Hampstead Theatre Ltd since 2012.

He is a Visiting Fellow of Said Business School, Oxford University, and is a founding member of the 30 Percent Club.

David Tyler is based in London.

Pauline van der Meer Mohr

Current Positions

Pauline van der Meer Mohr is currently Non-Executive Director on the Board of HSBC Holdings plc where she is also a member of the Nominations Committee and also Chairs the Conduct & Values and Remunerations Committees. She is also a Non-Executive Director on the Supervisory Boards of ASML Holding NV and Koninklijke DSM NV and Chairs the Supervisory Board of Ernst & Young Netherlands LLP.

Background Information

Pauline van der Meer Mohr started her career as an Attorney-at-law at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV. She then spent several years in senior positions at Royal Dutch Shell Group plc, becoming their HR Director Information Technology in 2001, before leaving the company in 2004.

This was followed by her role as Group Human Resources Director at TNT NV and then senior leadership positions at ABN AMRO Holding NV where she was accountable for the full range of strategic and operational HR services across 4 continents.

Previously, Ms van der Meer Mohr was a member of the Board of Océ Technologies BV, Banking Code Monitoring Commission and the Government’s Economic Development Board Rotterdam (EDBR).

She has been President of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and a member of the Executive Board of ABM AMRO Bank.

Other Notable Interests

In January 2016 Ms van der Meer Mohr received the highest university distinction, the Ad Fontes Award, in recognition of her service.

Pauline van der Meer Mohr is based in Amsterdam.

Jeroen van der Veer

Current positions

Jeroen van der Veer is an Independent Chairman with Koninklijke Philips NV and with Boskalis Westminster Group. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Equinor ASA (previously Statoil ASA).

Up until April 2018, Jeroen van der Veer was the Independent Chairman of ING Groep, where he was a member of their Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Risk, Remunerations and Corporate Governance Committees.

Background information

Jeroen van der Veer has spent the main part of his career with Shell, commencing in 1971 and becoming Managing Director of Shell Nederland BV in 1992 and then President/CEO of Shell Chemicals Co in 1995.

In July 1997 he was appointed Group MD for Royal Dutch Shell Group and subsequently became CEO of Royal Dutch Shell NV/plc in 2004, a position he held until 2009.

During 2002 - 2009 he was also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Unilever plc and then the Senior Independent and Vice Chairman until 2011. Mr van der Veer was also a Supervisory Board member of the Dutch Central Bank from 2000 to 2004.

Other notable interests

Mr van der Veer is Chairman of The Concertgebouw Fund.

He has been a member of the Governing Board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology since 2012, and since 2013 he has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Technical University of Delft.

In 2009 Mr van der Veer received the Queen’s Award ‘Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau’.

He is an Honorary Citizen of Singapore and Mr van der Veer holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Port Harcourt (Nigeria).

Mr van der Veer is based in The Hague.

Philippe Varin CBE

Current Positions

Philippe Varin is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orano (previously Areva SA) and a member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA.

Background Information

Philippe Varin is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines de Paris. He began his career in 1978 as a researcher for the Pechiney SA and later held various executive positions within the Group including Financial Control, Strategy and Head of the Aluminium Dunkerque project.

He was appointed Director of the Rhenalu Division in 1995, then Managing Director of the Aluminium Sector and member of the Group’s Executive Committee in 1999.

Philippe Varin previously served as Chairman of the Managing Board of PSA Peugeot Citroën Automobiles SA from 2009 to 2014.

In 2003 Mr Varin joined the Anglo-Dutch steel group Corus as Chief Executive Officer, and in 2007 he was also appointed to the Board of Tata Steel Limited.

Mr Varin is also currently the Chairman of ICC France and of France Industrie and the Vice-Chairman of the “Conseil National de l’Industrie.”

Other Notable Interests

He is an Officer of the French Legion of Honour and Chevalier of the National Order of Merit. He is also Commander of the British Empire.

Philippe Varin is based in Paris.

Peter Voser

Current Positions

Peter Voser is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABB Limited, a global leader in power and automation technologies. He is also an Independent Director of IBM Corporation, Temasek Holdings Pte Limited and Roche Holding AG.

Background Information

Peter Voser graduated in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Zurich and then joined Royal Dutch Shell plc in 1982. He went on to work in a number of finance and business roles within Shell in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Argentina and Chile.

After moving back to London from Chile in early 1997, Mr Voser became the Group Chief Internal Auditor. In 1999 he was appointed CFO of Shell Europe Oil Products Limited and became CFO of the Global Oil Products Business in early 2001 as well as a member of the Oil Products Executive Committee.

He went on to become Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director on the Board, ultimately serving as Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc from 2009 until his retirement in December 2013.

Mr Voser was CFO and an Executive Committee Member of ABB Limited, based in Switzerland, from March 2002 until September 2004.

From 2004 until April 2006, Mr Voser was a member of the Supervisory Board of Aegon NV. He served on the Board of Directors of UBS Group AG from April 2005 to April 2010 and was a member of the Swiss Federal Auditor Oversight Authority from 2006 until December 2010.

Other Notable Interests

In April 2010 he joined the board of Catalyst Inc, a non-profit organisation that works to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women in business. From March 2013 until January 2018 he was Chairman of their Board of Directors. From January 2018 he is a member of the Catalyst Board of Directors.

Mr Voser was elected to the Board of Trustees of Saint Gallen Foundation for International Studies in May 2013 and took over as Chairman in September 2013.

He is also active in a number of international and bilateral organisations.

In July 2011, His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei awarded Mr Voser the title of Dato Seri Laila Jasa in recognition of his services to the state of Brunei.

Mr Voser is based in Zurich.

Karel Vuursteen

Current Positions

Karel Vuursteen is currently Chairman of Stichting Het Concertgebouw Fonds (Amsterdam Concert Hall) and Chairman of the Board of The Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam.

Background Information

Karel Vuursteen started his career with Philips NV and progressed through several marketing and management positions in the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Austria and Germany.

He subsequently became President and CEO of Philips Lighting in North America.

Mr Vuursteen joined Heineken NV as member of the Executive Board in 1991. He was then promoted to CEO, a position he held for nine years. Since 2002 Mr Vuursteen has been a member of the Management Board of Heineken Holding NV.

Heineken, under Mr Vuursteen's leadership, gained the widest global presence of all the international brewing groups, operating in over 170 countries and employing 50,000 people. It became the largest brewer in Europe and the second largest in the world.

Mr Vuursteen has been a Non-Executive Director at Whitbread plc, Electrolux AB, Head NV and Gucci Group NV.

He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Ahold NV, the world's then third largest supermarket group, Randstad NV, one of Europe's leading temporary staffing agencies, and Petroplus International NV. He was on the Supervisory Board of ING Groep NV until April 2010 and he was also Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Nijenrode University.

Mr Vuursteen was the Chairman of AkzoNobel NV and TomTom NV until May 2014. He also sat on the Supervisory Board of Heineken Holding NV until the same date. He left the Board of Henkel AG in April 2013.

Other Notable Interests

In 2001 Mr Vuursteen was nominated 'Top Manager of the Year' in the Netherlands and has received several distinguished awards in the Netherlands and abroad.

Mr Vuursteen is based in Amsterdam.

Hans Wijers

Current Positions

Hans Wijers is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heineken NV and since April 2018 he is the new Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of ING Group NV.

Background Information

Hans Wijers started his professional life as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, where he received his PhD in Economics. He went on to serve as Minister for Economic Affairs in the Dutch government, a post he held for four years.

He was Deputy Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc from 2012 until May 2018 and a Non-Executive Director at GlaxoSmithKline plc between April 2013 and May 2016.

He was Senior Partner and Chairman of the Dutch office of the Boston Consulting Group until 2002.

Following this Hans Wijers became the CEO of AkzoNobel NV. He was in this post for nine years.

Other Notable Interests

Hans Wijers is Chairman of the Board of the Concertgebouw NV and Chairman of Natuurmonumenten.

He was awarded ‘CEO of the year’ for 2007.

On June 12th 2013, Hans Wijers was appointed an Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order.

Hans Wijers is based in Amsterdam.