Aged 62, British. He was appointed to the Board in December 2000, having been a non-executive director of TI Group since 1992. He is Chairman of Vickers Defence Systems and was formerly Chairman of Vickers plc. Earlier he was seconded from British Aerospace to the role of Head of Defence Export Services, MoD. He was Chairman of Racal Electronics plc. He is non-executive Deputy Chairman of easyJet plc and is Pro-Chancellor of Cranfield University.

Chairman of the Audit Committee.