Iain was appointed non-executive director of the Company on 12 February 2007. He is non-executive chairman of Imperial Tobacco Group plc having been a non-executive director since 2000. He was previously Group Chief Executive of Taylor Woodrow plc and a former non-executive director of BOC Group plc. As a former main board director of Bass PLC, he was Chief Executive of Bass Leisure and then Chief Executive of Bass Brewers and Bass International Brewers. Following the sale of the Bass beer business in 2000, he became Vice President UK and Ireland for Interbrew SA until August 2001. Prior to Bass he was with the Ford Motor Company in a career spanning some 12 years and 9 positions, mainly in sales, marketing and general management. In his early career he spent five years with Whitbread PLC split between their company in Scotland and Whitbread Flowers in Cheltenham. Most of his time in Whitbread was spent on finance, retail development and acquisitions. Iain is a qualified accountant. He is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees.