Director since 2004. Lead Director since 2005. Resident of the United Kingdom. He joined Shell International Petroleum Company in 1956 and spent much of his career overseas, including posts in Brunei, Nigeria, Thailand and Australia. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive of Shell UK from 1985 to 1990. He has served as Chairman of the British Railways Board, London Electricity, British-Borneo Oil and Gas plc, The Council of the Industrial Society and Sears plc. From 1997 to 2004 he served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Scotland. He has been Chairman of the Petroleum Exchange of London since 1999. He served as Chairman of Avis Europe from 2002 to 2004 and as a non-executive director for Sun Life Financial Services of Canada until 2004. He also serves as a non-executive director for Intercontinental Exchange Service Inc., The Merchants Trust and Siemens, plc. |