Board members
The CBI climate change board is comprised of 17 leaders from the business community, who have made a commitment to tackling climate change.
They represent key sectors of the UK economy, whose companies globally employ nearly 2 million people and generate annual revenues of approximately £1000bn.
Ben Verwaayen graduated from Utrecht University with a degree in law and international relations in 1975.
On graduation, he decided to immediately undertake his national service with the Royal Netherlands Army, where he founded the Algemene Verenigi... more
Marcus Agius is the chairman of Barclays. He has also been appointed the senior non-executive director on the BBC's new executive board.
He was educated at St George's College, Weybridge, and gained an MA at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in mechanical sci... more
Iain Conn is executive director of the BP Group with regional responsibility for Europe, including the UK, together with Russia, the Middle East, the Caspian and Africa.
He was previously chief executive of BP’s petrochemicals segment, the thi... more
Tom has a degree in agriculture from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and joined ICI's agricultural division in 1979 as a technical salesman. He held further sales and marketing posts within ICI's fertiliser business before joining the comp... more
Andrew Duff was appointed group chief executive officer RWE npower on 1 September 2003 and has many years experience in the international energy industry. A mechanical engineering graduate by background, he has spent much of his career in the oil sector... more
Kim Jones is responsible for leading the Sun UK & Ireland region. In this role she is focused on growing the business by working closely with customers and partners to deliver innovative, sustainable technologies that meet the ever changing demands ... more
Richard Lambert studied history at Balliol College and joined the Financial Times in 1966. He edited the Lex column in the 1970s, becoming financial editor in 1979. In 1982 he moved to New York as the bureau chief, returning to the UK a year later as de... more
David North is community and government director at Tesco, the largest British supermarket chain.
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John Ainley was appointed group HR director in April 2006. He is a member of the group executive committee.
Before joining the Aviva group in 1999, John held several senior HR positions in international organisations across diverse industries, inclu... more
Appointed a director and group chief executive in July 2007. Peter is a member of the nomination and corporate responsibility committees. Previously chief executive of George Wimpey Plc, he was appointed group chief executive of the company followi... more