Board of directors

Lord Sharman of Redlynch OBE (63)

Chairman

Appointed to the board in January 2005 and became chairman from 1 January 2006. Currently chairman of Aegis Group plc (media services), an independent non-executive director of BG Group plc (utility) and Reed Elsevier plc (publisher) and a member of the supervisory board of ABN AMRO NV (banking). Former chairman of KPMG International (auditors), former deputy chairman of Group 4 Securicor plc (security services) and a former independent non–executive director of Young & Co.'s Brewery PLC (drinks) and AEA Technology plc (commercial/technology).

Chairman of the nomination committee and member of the corporate social responsibility committee.