Board & Committees

David Robins was appointed to the Board in 2002 and became Chairman in April 2004. He began his career as an economist covering the Pacific Region and has a wide experience of Asian financial markets. After a series of senior management roles for the UBS Group in Tokyo, New York and Zurich, he became CEO of UBS Ltd in London and subsequently Head of Europe, Africa and The Middle East. Following the merger of UBS and SBC in 1998, he became CEO and then Chairman of ING Barings until 2000. A former Chairman of LCH Clearnet Ltd and Director of MPC Investors Ltd, he is currently Chairman of Oriel Securities Limited and a Director of Meggitt plc, Bending Light Ltd and EMG Ltd. He is also Chairman of three charities.

• Membership

• MEC
• NC

Hugh Aldous was appointed to the board in 2003 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is a partner in Grant Thornton LLP. He is Chairman of The Eastern European Trust plc, a director of Polar Capital Holdings plc, Melorio plc, Innospec Inc (NASDAQ) and Elderstreet VCT plc. He was a Member of the Competition Commission and a DTI Inspector with various appointments from 1987 to 2003.

• Membership

• MEC
• NC
• AC

David Brief was appointed to the Board in November 2007. He is Chief Investment Officer of BAE Systems Pension Funds Investment Management Limited. Mr Brief is one of the UK’s most experienced pensions investment executives with almost thirty years in the investment business.

• Membership

• MEC
• NC
• AC

Christopher Keljik OBE was appointed to the Board in November 2007. He retired as a director of Standard Chartered plc in May 2005 after 29 years, during which time he held a number of senior positions working in London, Hong Kong, New York and Singapore in corporate finance, treasury and general management. Prior to his retirement, his responsibilities at Standard Chartered included its businesses in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, the UK and the Americas. He is a Chartered Accountant and is also a Non-Executive Director of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust plc, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc, and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc.

• Membership

• MEC
• NC
• AC

Alexandra Mackesey was appointed to the Board on 26 November 2008. She is a non-executive director of The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust Plc. Since 2000, she has worked as a part-time consultant at Credit Suisse. Prior to this, she held posts in Hong Kong with Credit Suisse as Director, Head of Hong Kong and China Equity Research, JP Morgan as Director, Asian Equity Research, and with SBC Warburg/SG Warburg as Director, Hong Kong Equity Research.

• Membership

• MEC
• NC
• AC

Struan Robertson was appointed to the Board in 2004 and is the Senior Independent Director. He is a non-executive director of Forth Ports plc, Tomkins plc, International Power plc and Salamander Energy plc. He was previously Group Chief Executive of the Wates Group Ltd, and was a Senior Independent Director at WS Atkins plc. He retired from BP in May 2000 where he was Senior Vice President Technology and Marketing following an international career during which he held posts as Executive Chairman of BP Asia Pacific, Chief Executive Oil Trading International and Chief Executive of BP Malaysia. He lived and worked in Asia between 1989 and 1997.

• Membership

• MEC
• NC
• AC