Directors

Chairman

Sir Brian G Ivory CBE CA
Sir Brian G Ivory, CBE, CA


Sir Brian joined the Board in 2000 and was appointed Chairman in 2001. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee. He is a director of Remy Cointreau SA, Insight Investment Management Ltd and Marathon Asset Management Ltd  and is chairman of Retec Digital plc.  He was formerly chairman of Highland Distillers Plc and of the Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland and a director of HBOS Plc.

Directors

The Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP
The Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP  


Sir Menzies joined the Board in December 2007. He was Leader of the Liberal Democrat party until October 2007. He was elected as an MP in 1987, and was Foreign Affairs Spokesman before becoming Deputy Leader of his party. He qualified as an advocate in Scotland, being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1968 and becoming Queen’s Counsel in 1982.
Eric Hagman CBE CA
Eric Hagman CBE, CA


Mr Hagman joined the Board in 2005 and became the Chairman of the Audit Committee after the 2009 AGM. He joined Arthur Andersen in 1971 and became the managing partner in Scotland in 1982. He spent the last five years until 2002 in London as a managing partner on the UK Leadership Team. He is a director of British Polythene Industries plc and The Royal College of Art.  He was formerly a trustee of the National Galleries of Scotland and a director of Glen Group plc, Scottish Financial Enterprise and Scottish Enterprise.
 
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, GCMG


Lord Kerr joined the Board in 2002. He was chairman of the Audit Committee until he stepped down after the 2009 AGM. He was Head of the Diplomatic Service from 1997 to 2002, having previously been Ambassador to the European Union and then to the United States. He is deputy chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc, a director of Rio Tinto Plc and Scottish Power, and chairman of Imperial College London.
Peter Moon
Peter Moon


Mr Moon joined the Board in 2005. He was chief investment officer of the Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited fund from 1992 until August 2009. He is a former director of MBNA Europe and is a former Member of the National Association of Pension Funds Investment Committee. Prior to joining Universities Superannuation Scheme, Mr Moon managed investments at the British Airways Pension Fund and the National Provident Institution, which he joined in 1978.
 
David J W Price
David W J Price 


Mr Price joined the Board in 1997 and is the senior independent director. He is chairman of Aberdeen All Asia Investment Trust PLC and is a director of Melchior Japan Investment Trust plc and Stramongate Assets Plc. He was formerly deputy chairman of Mercury Asset Management Group plc and chairman of F&C Management Limited.
Rachel Lomax
Rachel Lomax 


Rachel Lomax joined the Board on 1 October 2008.  She served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England between 2003 and 2008, having previously been Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Welsh Office. She was previously Chief of Staff to the President of the World Bank, and Head of the Economic and Domestic Secretariat at the Cabinet Office. She worked for many years at HM Treasury, where she was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and deputy Chief Economic Adviser. She is a director of HSBC Holdings, the Reinsurance Group of America (RGS), the Royal National Theatre, Imperial College London and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and is President of the Institute of Fiscal Studies.