Keith was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Company upon Admission on 19 December 2006. He is also Chairman of Tullett Prebon plc, Travelodge and Heath Lambert Group Holdings Limited, a non-executive director of Electrocomponents plc and Pro-Chancellor of Nottingham University. He is a chartered accountant and worked for Price Waterhouse from 1975 to 1988, becoming partner in 1987. Subsequently he was director of financial control at Guinness, finance director of United Distillers, Forte plc and WH Smith. He was also previously a member of the Urgent Issues Task Force of the Accounting Standards Board and Chairman of the CBI Financial Reporting Panel. He is Chairman of the Nominations Committee, and member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees.