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18 December 2020 Richard Johnston has been Chief Executive of Delfont Mackintosh Theatres since October 2004. He was also Chief Executive of Stoll Moss Theatres/Really Useful Theatres from 1992-2000. From 2000-2004 he was Chief Executive of the Racecourse Holdings Trust/Jockey Club Racecourses, which is the leading group of UK racecourses. Earlier positions included Director of the Birmingham Hippodrome and Chief Executive of the Contemporary Dance Trust. Richard Johnston became a Trustee of th...

18 December 2020 Rosemary is a Non-Executive Director of HSBC UK PLC and YouGov PLC, an international online Market Research and Data Analytics company and currently advises and invests in a number of technology businesses in Europe and North America including Data Analytics, IOT, Internet Infrastructure and Fin Tech. She is a Fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society most recently leading an Exec Education Course for Board Chairs and NED’s on Cybersecurity. She i...

18 December 2020 Sir Mark Walport is the Chairman of the Kennedy Memorial Trust and the recently retired founding Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which is responsible for the public funding of research and innovation. He was Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) and Head of the Government Office for Science from April 2013 to September 2017. His previous career highlights include: Director of the Wellcome Trust Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Medicin...

18 December 2020 Mike Utley joined the Royal Navy in 1988 as a Warfare Officer, spending his early years on global operations at sea. Commands at various ranks include a Patrol Boat, two Offshore Patrol Vessels, the Type 23 frigate HMS PORTLAND and the amphibious aircraft carrier HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, during which he was awarded an Operational OBE for service in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in The Philippines. He commanded NATO’s at sea high readiness Task Group in the Mediterranean then assumed com...

18 December 2020 Jayne-Anne is the Founder and Executive Chair of Snoop, and an Adviser to Salesforce UKI. From 2007 to 2018 she was the CEO of Virgin Money. A Chartered Accountant, she spent six years at Norwich Union (now Aviva) before becoming one of the founders of Virgin Direct in 1995. Three years later, she set up the Virgin One account, which was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2001. She subsequently spent five years at RBS before returning to Virgin as CEO of Virgin Money. In...

Education Secretary selects preferred candidate for new Office for Students Chair Lord Wharton of Yarm has been selected following a rigorous assessment process. From: 18 December 2020 The Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has named Lord Wharton of Yarm as his preferred candidate to be the next Chair of the Office for Students, following approval by the Prime Minister. Lord Wharton will now go on to attend a pre-appointment hearing before the Education Select Committee on a date to be co...

Emaar appoints new chairman as Mohamed Alabbar takes on role of MD Jamal Bin Theniyah will replace Alabbar as chairman, while the latter will assume the role of managing director by Zainab Mansoor December 13, 2020 Dubai-based Emaar Properties has named Jamal Bin Theniyah as chairman of the board of directors as Mohamed Alabbar takes on the role of managing director. “According to the corporate governance requirements for listed companies in UAE, the chairman of the company cannot ha...

11 December 2020 Lucinda Orr is a practising barrister, called to the Bar of England and Wales (2006), and a Partner in the disputes specialist law firm, Enyo Law LLP, based in the City of London, where she specialises in international commercial litigation and civil fraud. She has previously chaired the Bar Association for Commerce, Finance and Industry (2012-2015) and the Employed Barristers’ Committee for England and Wales (2017-2019), and currently sits on the General Management Committee...

Date Time Secretary of State has appointed Lucinda Orr as a Member of Treasure Valuation Committee Lucinda Orr is a practising barrister, called to the Bar of England and Wales (2006), and a Partner in the disputes specialist law firm, Enyo Law LLP, based in the City of London, where she specialises in international commercial litigation and civil fraud. She has previously chaired the Bar Association for Commerce, Finance and Industry (2012-2015) and the Employed Barristers’ Committee for Eng...

Tim Marlow is Chief Executive and Director of the Design Museum in London. Formerly Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts and Director of Exhibitions at White Cube, Marlow has been involved in the contemporary art world for the past thirty years as a curator, writer and broadcaster. He has worked with many of the most important and influential artists of our time to deliver wide-ranging and popular programmes and brings a commitment to diverse and engaging exhibitions to his new role ...