Business for New Europe

Roland Rudd

Chairman

Roland Rudd is the founding Chairman of Business for New Europe, a former board member of Britain in Europe and a member of the Centre for European Reform’s advisory board. He is the Chairman of RLM Finsbury. In addition, he is a patron and Chairman of NSPCC's Stop Organised Abuse; Non Executive Director on the Army Board and Chairman of Tate's Corporate Advisory Group. He is a member of the Royal Opera House Foundation Advisory Circle and The Prince's Rainforests Project Steering Group. Before founding Finsbury in 1994, he worked as a financial journalist, primarily at the Financial Times. Before that he was a policy coordinator for Lord Owen. At Oxford University he read philosophy and theology; he was President of the Union and is now a visiting Fellow at the University’s Centre of Corporate Reputation.

Lord Jay of Ewelme

Vice Chair

Michael Jay served as Permanent Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service from 2002 until July 2006. He was the Prime Minister's personal representative (Sherpa) for the G8 Summit at Gleneagles (in 2005) and St Petersburg (in 2006). Over the course of his career, he held a number of positions in the civil service and diplomatic services, including Deputy Under-Secretary of State in the FCO from 1994 to 1996, and Ambassador to France from 1996 to 2001. He is currently Chairman of the House of Lords Appointment Commission.

Tim Clark

Vice Chair

Tim Clark was, for seven years, the Senior Partner of Slaughter and May, one of the leading international law firms. As Senior Partner, he had overall responsibility for the firm’s external relationships and played a leading role in the development and implementation of strategy for its integrated network of independent law firms across the world. After joining Slaughter and May in 1973 as a trainee, Tim became a partner in 1983, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and general corporate finance. Tim is a non-executive director of Big Yellow Group PLC, Mint Partners Limited and the COIF Charitable Funds. He is also a member of the International Chamber of Commerce UK Governing Body, the Development Committee of the National Gallery and the International Advisory Board of Uria Menendez and a trustee of the Geoffrey de Havilland Flying Foundation.

Charles Grant

Vice Chair

Charles Grant has been the Director of the Centre for European Reform, an independent think-tank, since its foundation in 1998. He was a Director and Trustee of the British Council from 2002 until October 2008. He is a member of the international advisory boards of the Moscow School of Political Studies, the Turkish think-tank EDAM and the French think-tank Terra Nova. Prior to working at the Centre for European Reform, he was a journalist on The Economist - in London and Brussels - and Euromoney. In 1994 his biography of Jacques Delors - 'Inside the House that Jacques built' - was published by Nicolas Brealey. He became a chevalier of France’s Ordre Nationale du Mérite in 2004.

Sir John Grant KCMG

Vice Chair

Sir John Grant joined the Diplomatic Service in 1976, and served in Stockholm, Moscow and London before being posted, as UK press spokesman, to Brussels in 1989. Two years in that job were followed by six more years on EU issues working on matters such as the enlargement of the EU, and the development of the EU’s common foreign and security policy. In 1997, he was appointed Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and in 1999, Ambassador to Stockholm. In 2003, after four years in Sweden, he was appointed Permanent Representative to the EU. He served for four years in that role, which covered the period of the British Presidency of the EU in 2005 when he chaired the EU’s Committee of Permanent Representatives.

Will Tanner

Vice Chair

Will is a Vice-Chair of Business for New Europe, having formerly been involved with Britain in Europe. He is head of Finsbury's UK Public Affairs work, having joined in June 2001 from British Airways. Whilst at BA he had a number of roles including Political Affairs Manager and International Relations Manager. In 2000-2001 he served a 12-month secondment to the Private Office of Lord Falconer, then Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and now the Lord Chancellor. Will has a public policy degree from Northumbria University and a Masters degree in European Community Studies from Newcastle University.

Dr Isabella Moore

Vice Chair

Isabella Moore founded a company providing language services to industry in 1986, which she sold in 2002. From September 2002 to June 2004 she was the first female President of the British Chambers of Commerce and Vice-President of Eurochambres, the association of European Chambers of Commerce. She has served as Chairman of the Confederation of West Midlands Chambers of Commerce, President of Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the West Midlands in Europe office and the the Regional International Trade Strategy Group.

In addition, she has been a member of the National Modern Apprenticeships Task Force; Chair of the National Women's Enterprise Panel, President of the Eurochambres Women's Network and Vice President of the SME Union in Brussels; Until March 2008 she was CEO of CILT, the National Centre for Languages. She is now Managing Director of the company she originally founded, which she re-acquired with her daughter in 2007 and of J&AB Associates, a management and grant consultancy.

Isabella holds Honorary Doctorates from Sheffield Hallam University and Aston University for services to industry and languages and a Fellowship from the Institute of Linguists. She was awarded the CBE in the 2004 New Years Honours List.

Sir Stephen Wall

Vice Chair

Sir Stephen Wall worked closely with five British Foreign Secretaries and was Foreign Policy Adviser to Prime Minister John Major.

He was British Ambassador to Portugal from 1993 to 1995, Permanent Representative to the European Union from 1995 to 2000 and Head of the European Secretariat in the Cabinet Office and EU adviser to the Prime Minister from 2000 to 2004.  From 2004 to 2005 he was the Principal Adviser to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.

Sir Stephen is Chair of the Council of University College, London, Chair of the Federal Trust, Chair of Trustees at Cumberland Lodge, Member of the Council of Wilton Park, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Thomson Foundation, Trustee of the Franco-British Council and Honorary Fellow of Selwyn College Cambridge. He is also on the Council of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

His book on Britain’s relationship with her EU partners, A Stranger in Europe, was published in April 2008.

Phillip Souta

Director

Phillip Souta joined BNE in January 2010 as Director. He is an expert on the eurozone, regulatory affairs, international trade, Britain's relationship with the EU, European foreign affairs, and comments regularly in the media, including on Sky, in the Daily Telegraph and City AM.

Phillip studied Philosophy at the London School of Economics, and went on to study law, and train and practice as a barrister.  During his time studying he campaigned with the Young European Movement and did pro-Bono work for Reprieve.  He is a member of Liberty, the human rights lobby group and Chatham House.

Paul O’Hagan

Deputy Director, Public Affairs and Media

Paul O’Hagan joined Business for New Europe in May 2010 and leads our Public Affairs and Media outreach.  He is an expert in foreign policy, diplomatic affairs and political communication. He also specialises in transatlantic political and economic relations, in addition to education policy. 

Prior to taking the role at BNE, Paul was a Policy Officer at the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) in Brussels for three years focusing on transatlantic economic relations. Prior to this, Paul was a Public Affairs Assistant at the British Consulate-General in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and a Spanish and French language teacher.

Paul has an MA in European Public Affairs from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands and a BA in Political Science with Spanish and French from the University of Georgia, USA.  He speaks Spanish, French and Dutch.

Lord Brittan of Spennithorne

Vice Chairman, UBS Investment Bank

Leon Brittan is currently Vice Chairman of UBS Investment Bank. He is also a consultant to Herbert Smith, and non-executive Director at Unilever. Lord Brittan was a Member of the European Commission from 1989 to 1999, and served as Vice President for much of this time. He was an MP from 1974-1988 and held various positions in government, including spells as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1981-83), Home Secretary (1983-85) and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1985-1986). He was awarded a Life Peerage in the Millennium New Year Honours List, and appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for North Yorkshire in 2001.

Sir Roger Carr

Chairman, Centrica

Sir Roger Carr is Chairman of Centrica plc, Deputy Chairman & Senior Independent Director of the Court of the Bank of England and is President of the Confederation of British Industry.  He is also a member of the PM’s Business Advisory Group and a senior advisor to KKR – the world’s largest private equity company.  In addition, he is a Visiting Fellow of Said Business School, University of Oxford and a Commissioner on the Commission for Ownership.

He has previously held a number of senior appointments including Chairman of Cadbury plc, Chairman of Chubb plc, Chairman of Mitchells & Butlers plc, Chairman of Thames Water plc and Chief Executive of Williams plc.  

Throughout his career he has served on a number of external committees including the Manufacturing Council of the CBI, The Higgs Committee on Corporate Governance and Business for New Europe.  He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers & Commerce and is a Companion of the Institute of Management.

He was knighted for services to Business in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list 2011.

Richard Cousins

CEO, Compass

Richard Cousins was appointed Group Chief Executive of Compass in June 2006. He studied at the University of Sheffield and University of Lancaster prior to joining Cadbury Schweppes in 1981. Following a period with BTR, he joined BPB in 1990 in a business development role. This was followed by spells as Group Financial Controller and Managing Director of some of the Group's paper packaging activities, before moving to Canada in 1998 as President of BPB's North American operations. He was appointed CEO of BPB in 2000. During his tenure, the Groups turnover grew to £2.5bn by investing in the US, Latin America, Eastern Europe and several parts of Asia to augment its Western European core.

Guy Dawson

Vice Chairman, Nomura, EMEA, Investment Banking

Guy Dawson is Vice Chairman of Nomura, EMEA, Investment Banking and a Partner of Tricorn Partners LLP, an independent corporate advisory business that he co-founded in 2003.

Guy was Chairman of European Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch until 2003, advising major companies on a full range of corporate finance and strategic issues. Before joining Merrill Lynch in 1995 he held senior positions in Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Bank. He is a Non Executive Director of Egerton Capital, a leading investment management company, is a Trustee of Trinity Hospice and a member of the corporate board of the Royal Academy.

He was a Non Executive Director of BOC Group plc and Alliance Boots plc until September 2006 and July 2007, respectively.

Charles Dunstone

CEO, Carphone Warehouse

Charles Dunstone founded Carphone Warehouse in 1989, after working for NEC. Since then, the Carphone Warehouse has expanded beyond the UK into nine further countries in Europe and today has over 1500 stores across the Group. In July 2000 the company floated on the London Stock Exchange, and Dunstone subsequently became Chief Executive in 2002. He is also a non-executive Director of HBOS plc and The Daily Mail General Trust, and Chairman of the Princes Trust Trading Board. In December 2005, he was voted The Daily Telegraph's Business Person of the Year.

Chris Gibson-Smith

Chairman, London Stock Exchange

Chris Gibson Smith has been Chairman of the London Stock Exchange since 2003 and became Chairman of The British Land Company PLC in January 2007. British Land is Europe’s second largest property group by market cap and invests in prime commercial and retail property, while the London Stock Exchange administers the largest equities market in Europe with a market capitalisation of £4 trillion and annual trading turnover of £6 trillion. In addition, he is a non-executive Director of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority and a Governor of the London Business School. Chris was Chairman of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) from 2001–2005, Group Managing Director of BP from 1997-2001, a Director of Lloyds TSB from 1999–2005, and Director of Powergen from 2001-2002.

Sir Philip Hampton

Chairman, Royal Bank of Scotland

Philip Hampton became Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland in January 2009. Prior to this, he was the Chairman of J Sainsbury plc from July 2004. He joined the auditors Coopers & Lybrand London in 1975 before moving to Lazard Brothers in 1981, working on mergers and acquisitions, business restructuring and capital markets. In 1986, he was seconded to Lazard Freres, New York, and also worked extensively with Lazard Freres in Paris. From 1990, he worked for British Steel plc as Group Finance Director. He became Group Finance Director of British Gas in July 1996 and BT's Group Finance Director in October 2000. From June 2002 until March 2004 he worked as Finance Director for Lloyds TSB. He was a non-executive Director of RMC Group from 2002-2005 and joined Belgacom as a non-executive Director in 2004. He led the "Hampton Review" into regulatory inspection and enforcement published by the Treasury in 2005.

Lady Barbara Thomas Judge

Chair, Pension Protection Fund

Lady Judge is Chair of the Pension Protection Fund UK and prior to this appointment, she was Chair of the Atomic Energy Authority. Currently, she is also Chair of the School of Oriental & African Studies and a non-executive Director of Massey Energy; NV Bekaert and Magna Intl. She is Co-Chair of the UK/US Task Force for Corporate Governance and a Member of the Trilateral Commission, among others. Previously Barbara was a partner in a large NY law firm specialising in corporate transactions and thereafter was appointed by the President as Commissioner of the United States Securities & Exchange Commission. Subsequently, she served as the first woman executive director of Samuel Montagu & Co and News International as well as leading a buy-in of Whitworths Food Group and founding Private Equity Investor plc. Barbara has a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania & Juris Doctor with hons from New York University School of Law.

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard

Vice Chairman of ScottishPower Limited

John Kerr is Deputy Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc and a Director of Rio Tinto plc and the Scottish American Investment Company. A UK diplomat from 1966 to 2002, he served as Permanent Representative to the EU (1990/5), Ambassador to the USA (1995-97), and FCO Permanent Secretary (1997-2002). He is Chairman of Imperial College, Deputy Chairman of the National Gallery, and a Rhodes, Fulbright and Carnegie Trustee. He served as Secretary-General of the European Convention in Brussels in 2002-3, and became a member of the House of Lords in 2004.

Paul Marshall

Chairman, Marshall Wace Asset

Paul Marshall is Chairman and co-founder of Marshall Wace Asset Management, Europe’s leading Hedge Fund group, and was formerly a Director of Mercury Asset Management Plc where he was Chief Investment Officer in charge of European equities. He is Chairman of CentreForum, the think-tank dedicated to liberal-based policy research and co-edited “The Orange Book”, a collection of essays calling on the Liberal Democrat party to reclaim its liberal heritage. He was formerly Research Assistant to Charles Kennedy MP. He is also a trustee of ARK, the charity dedicated to helping deprived children around the world and is co-Chairman of ARK Education, which focuses on education in deprived neighbourhoods in the UK. He holds an MBA from INSEAD Business School and a BA (Hons) from St. John's College, Oxford University.

Christopher North

Managing Director, Amazon.co.uk Ltd.

Christopher North is Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk Ltd. 

Prior to his current role, he served as Vice President of Media at Amazon.co.uk Ltd.  Before joining Amazon, he worked in book publishing, serving as global Managing Director of Phaidon Press; as Chief Operating Officer of HarperCollins Canada; and as Vice President & General Manager of Electronic Publishing for HarperCollins Publishers.  Prior to that, he was a management consultant with the Media & Entertainment practice of Booz & Company (formerly Booz Allen & Hamilton). 

Chris has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard College and a master’s degree in Philosophy from New York University.  

Vijay Patel

CEO, Waymade Healthcare

From his first pharmacy in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, Vijay Patel built a chain of retail outlets before establishing Waymade Healthcare plc and moving into distribution and then the more active sales and marketing of prescription medicines. Rapid and sustained growth led to many awards including "Entrepreneur of the Year." With its new Amdipharm Division, Waymade is rapidly expanding internationally and looks to be on track to achieving Vijay’s dream of becoming a mini Glaxo. Alongside the pharmaceutical company, he and his brother Bhikhu have extensive property interests. While his work is his main hobby, his businesses are complemented by extensive philanthropic interests, he also enjoys walking and travelling.

Sir John Parker

Chairman, National Grid and Anglo-American

John Parker is Chairman of National Grid plc (since 2002) and Chairman of the P&O Group plc (2005). He is Senior Non executive Director of the Bank of England (since 2005) and a Non executive Director of Carnival plc and Carnival Inc (since 2003). Prior to these appointments, he held a number of senior appointments in industry including Chairman and Chief Executive of Harland & Wolff plc (1983 – 93), Chairman/ CEO of Babcock International plc (1993- 2000), Chairman of RMC Group plc (2003-2005) and became Chairman of the Lattice Group on its demerger from BG Group in 2000. Sir John is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a recipient of honorary doctorates from a number of universities in the UK and Ireland. He was knighted in 2001 for Services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries.

Stuart Popham

Vice-Chairman, EMEA Banking, Citigroup

Stuart Popham joined Citigroup in July 2011 as Vice-Chairman of EMEA banking. Prior to this appointment, he was the Senior Partner of Clifford Chance LLP, where he also chaired the Partnership Council - the supervisory board of the worldwide firm.

He is a member of the International Advisory Board for the CBI and Vice Chairman of the CBI London Council. He sits on the EU Advisory Board for the Corporation of the City of London and is an International Envoy for London. He is a trustee of the Tower Hamlets Business Education Partnership and a director of PlaNet Finance, a charity which promotes micro finance to assist the alleviation of poverty. Stuart is also a member of the business Advisory Forum of the Saïd Business School, Oxford University; he also sits on the Council of The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and the Advisory Council of Business for New Europe.

Sir Michael Rake

Chairman, BT Group

Mike Rake is the Chairman of BT Group plc. He was formerly UK Senior Partner and Chairman of KPMG International. He joined Peat Marwick Mitchell in 1974 in continental Europe and was appointed partner in 1979. He returned to London after three years in the Middle East in 1989. In 1994 he became Chief Executive for KPMG London and South East Region and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG UK in 1996. He became the UK Senior Partner for KPMG in 1998 and Chairman of KPMG International in 2002. Mike Rake is also Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and was appointed Deputy Chairman of Easyjet in April 2009

Anthony Salz

Executive Vice Chairman, Rothschild

Anthony Salz joined Rothschild as an Executive Vice Chairman in 2006. He graduated in law from Exeter University in 1971 and for most of his career worked, as a corporate lawyer, with Freshfields. In 1977/8 he was seconded for nearly a year to Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York. He became senior partner of Freshfields in 1996 and, following mergers in 2000, Co-Senior Partner of the resulting firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, until 2006. He was Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 2004 until the end of 2006. He is, among other things, a Trustee of the Royal Opera House, the Tate Foundation, the Eden Project and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. He is a member of the Advisory Panel for the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue.

Sir Martin Sorrell

CEO, WPP

Martin Sorrell has been CEO of WPP, since he founded the Company in 1986. Over this period, WPP has become one of the world's leading communications services companies. Before founding WPP, Martin Sorrell held a number of positions. From 1977 to 1984, he was Group Finance Director of the advertising agency group Saatchi & Saatchi Company plc. Sir Martin is an economics graduate of Cambridge University with an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

He is Chair of the Mayor of London’s International Business Advisory Council, Deputy Chairman and Governor of London Business School, and a member of the Advisory Boards of both the Judge Institute for Management Studies in Cambridge, UK and IESE in Spain.

In 1997 he was appointed an Ambassador for British Business by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and in 1999 he was appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment to serve on the Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership.

He was Knighted in the Millennium New Year Honours list.

Bill Winters

Member, Independent Commission on Banking

Bill Winters is a member of the UK's independent Commission on Banking, set up in 2010 to examine the future of banking structures in the UK, chaired by Sir John Vickers.

Bill Winters was Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Investment Bank of JPMorgan Chase & Co and a member of the firm’s Executive and Operating Committees from 2004 to 2009. Previously, he was also a director of J.P. Morgan Cazenove, the firm’s investment banking partnership owned jointly with Cazenove Group and head of J.P. Morgan’s Global Markets division. He spent 1988 to 1997 in various derivatives and fixed income business areas. From 1983 to 1988 he worked in the firm’s Corporate Finance area. Winters received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Colgate University. He is a member of the Board of the International Rescue Committee and the Institute of International Finance where he Co-Chairs the Committee on Effective Regulation.

Walter A. Gubert

Vice Chairman JPMorgan Chase & Co and Chairman Europe, Middle East & Africa

Walter Gubert is a vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase and chairman of JPMorgan Chase Europe, Middle East and Africa. Walter also serves on the JPMorgan Chase Executive Committee. He is responsible for overseeing the Bank’s client relationships across the Investment Bank, Treasury & Securities Services, Asset Management, and the Private Bank across EMEA. In this capacity, he also heads the European Advisory Council. Prior to assuming his current role, Walter was head of global investment banking from 1998 to 2000 and served as vice chairman and a member of the board of directors of J.P. Morgan until that firm merged with JPMorgan Chase. In 2000, he was appointed chairman of J.P. Morgan’s Global investment bank. Walter joined J.P. Morgan in 1973 as an analyst in Paris. In 1981, he moved to New York, and became head of capital markets in the U.S. In 1987, he was CEO of J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., the firm’s entity for securities activities in EMEA and Asia. Walter graduated from the University of Florence in 1970 with a doctorate in law. In 1973, he graduated from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

Malcolm Sweeting

Senior Partner, Clifford Chance

Malcolm Sweeting is the Managing Partner of Clifford Chance.  He has been a partner in Clifford Chance's Finance Practice since 1990, based in London.  He has been a leader of the London banking group and was previously a member of the Firm's Partnership Council (1991-1993).  Malcolm has a widely established reputation as a finance lawyer, often working internationally and most recently with a particular focus on the developing markets.  He has taken the lead on a number of high profile transactions, including the first ever loan to be denominated in Euros (€6bn for GEC, later to become Marconi), the financing of De Beers $18.7bn public to private, the financing of Philip Green's bid for Marks & Spencer and, most recently, the $16bn refinancing of CEMEX's debt.

Arif Shah

Associate

Arif Shah is an Associate at Business for New Europe, having previously led its public affairs work. He is now based at Finsbury – the public relations group – where his portfolio of clients includes FTSE 100 companies such as Rio Tinto and Compass Group.

Formerly, Arif worked at Westminster for a Member of Parliament and a member of the House of Lords. He is an advisor to the British Council on its Our Shared Europe project, and is an alumni of the Apeldoorn and Königswinter conferences. Arif is a graduate of Durham University and Dalhousie University (Canada), where he read International Studies and Political Science respectively. 

Ariane Poulain

Head of Research

Ariane Poulain joined BNE in November 2010. Ariane leads our research and manages BNE’s operations. She is an expert in quantitative and qualitative analysis, EU and UK affairs, immigration, international development and economics.

In prior roles, Ariane worked as a parliamentary researcher for a Westminster-focused public affairs company, and also worked at Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society as a researcher for their EU Project.

Ariane is an active volunteer. Most notably, in March 2010, she worked in rural Kenya for three months with orphaned and vulnerable children on their psycho-social development, fully-funded by the Department for International Development (DfID).

Ariane holds a BA degree in Politics and a MA degree in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Sussex.

Morris Schonberg

Associate

Morris Schonberg is a BNE Associate.  He works as a solicitor in the Competition, Regulation and Trade Law practice at the international law firm Herbert Smith LLP, based in London.  Previously, Morris has worked at the Competition Commission and the Global Competition Review in the UK.

Morris obtained his law degree from Cambridge University and studied International, European Union and Competition Law on his masters degree in law at Oxford University.