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Sir David John KCMG, Chairman
Sir David John KCMG was elected Chairman in July 2002 after joining the Board in May 2002 as a Non-executive Director. He was Chairman of the BOC Group until 2002, Chairman of Balfour Beatty until 2008 and is the immediate past Chairman of Premier Oil stepping down from that role in 2009. He is Chairman of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, a member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Business Ethics, a member of the International Advisory Council of Asia House and, from 2002 to 2010, was a member of the CBI International Advisory Board. |
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Howard Kerr, Chief Executive
Howard was appointed to the Board in November 2008 and assumed the position of Chief Executive in January 2009. He previously held key positions at SHV Holdings N.V. and Inchcape Plc. These included CEO, Calor Group Ltd, UK, as well as senior commercial and general management positions in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. |
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Craig Smith FCCA, Group Finance Director
Member of the Executive and the Banking and General Purposes Committees
Craig Smith joined the Company as Group Finance Director in August 2011. A Chartered Certified Accountant, following his graduation from the University of St Andrews he began his career with Coats Viyella PLC, undertaking finance roles of increasing seniority in Australia, North Africa and both Western and Eastern Europe. On his return to the UK he was European Finance Director for two large American corporations in the product identification and printing ink industries. Prior to joining BSI he was Group Finance Director of two UK listed companies, Huntleigh Technology PLC and Management Consulting Group PLC. |
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Mike Low, Director, Standards
Mike joined the Company as Director of BSI Standards in November 2003. Prior to this he was the Director of Group Strategy and Performance for Amey plc and MD of Amey Rail. Until 2000, he was Managing Director of British Energy plc’s UK generation division and also a main board Director. He has also previously served as Director of Health, Safety and Environment for Nuclear Electric and subsequently Technical and Business Development Director. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) and is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CQI. In January 2011, he was appointed Vice President Policy for CEN. Mike has published widely on power generation, safety and risk management. |
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Sir David Brown, Non-executive Director
Sir David Brown joined the Board as a Non-executive Director in May 2010. He was Chairman of Motorola UK from 1997 to 2008 and was also Motorola’s Global Governance Advisor. A Chartered Engineer by training and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Sir David was, from 2003 to 2004, President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and, from 1999 to 2000, President of the Federation of the Electronics Industry. He was the founding President of the Chartered Quality Institute, during which time he secured the Institute’s Royal Charter status. He is the Chairman of the Spectrum Clearance Finance Committee of OFCOM. |
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Keith Clarke, Non-executive Director
Keith joined the Board as a Non-executive Director in December 2010 and was formerly Chief Executive Officer of WS Atkins plc. A qualified architect, he has more than 30 years’ experience in construction and engineering. He previously held positions as CEO of Skanska UK and Chief Executive, Construction at Kvaerner Construction Group and, prior to that, various management positions at Trafalgar House and Olympia & York. Keith Clarke chaired the CIC Health & Safety Committee and subsequently the CIC Constructing Excellence National Platform High Level Steering Group. He is a patron of the Environmental Industries Commission, an advisory board member of Imperial College and Vice President for International Affairs for the RIBA. |
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Dr Tom Gorrie, Non-executive Director
Tom joined the Board in September 2009. He is a US citizen and resident, and has held numerous senior international management positions at Johnson & Johnson during his 35 years at the corporation. Most recently he served as Corporate Vice President, Government Affairs and Policy until retiring in 2008. He is currently a Board Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Jersey, a Trustee of Duke University, North Carolina, and an adjunct professor of the Rutgers University Business School, New Jersey. |
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Anthony Lea, Non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director
Anthony joined the Board as a Non-executive Director in July 2007. He is Chairman of Blackrock World Mining Trust PLC and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund. He also took up the position of Non-executive Director at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in 2008 and is a Trustee of The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. Previously Anthony served as a board member of the Anglo American Group and as Finance Director of Anglo American plc until 2005. He has extensive international operational experience in the UK, South Africa and North America |
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John Regazzi PhD, Non-executive Director
John joined the Board as a Non-executive Director in July 2006. He is a US citizen and resident, former Managing Director of Market Development at Elsevier, CEO of Elsevier Inc, and Global Managing Director of Elsevier Electronic Publishing. John was President and CEO of Engineering Information Inc and is Professor and Dean Emeritus of the College of Information and Computer Science of Long Island University. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Elsevier Foundation in the USA, Vice President of the Engineering Information Foundation and Chairman of the National Technology Information Service (U.S. Department of Commerce) Board. |
