Board Moves
Board moves, 11 January, 2022
Volvo Cars appoints Jim Rowan as CEO and president
Rowan is currently chief executive of Ember Technologies, and will succeed Håkan Samuelsson as CEO of Volvo Cars in March.
Board moves, 10 January, 2022
Roisin Currie named as next chief executive of Greggs
Currie is currently Greggs retail and property director, and will succeed current CEO Roger Whiteside following the company’s AGM in May.
Board moves, 10 January, 2022
Amber Rudd joins Centrica board as non-executive director
Rudd is a former secretary of state for energy and climate change, and led the UK’s participation in the Paris Agreement.
Board moves, 7 January, 2022
Jan du Plessis lined up as next chair of the Financial Reporting Council
The appointment of Du Plessis, chair of BT Group and a former chair of Rio Tinto and SABMiller, is subject to parliamentary approval.
Board moves, 6 January, 2022
Susan Arnold becomes first female chair of Walt Disney
Arnold, who has been independent lead director at the US media company since 2018, took over from Robert A. Iger on 31 December.
Board moves, 23 December, 2021
Pearson appoints Omid Kordestani as chair designate
Kordestani is a former executive chair of Twitter, and was a senior vice president and chief business officer at Google.
Board moves, 22 December, 2021
Rio Tinto names Dominic Barton as next chair of the board
Barton has been Canada’s ambassador to China since 2019 and is a former global managing partner at McKinsey.
Board moves, 22 December, 2021
Apurvi Sheth and Kelly Kuhn join SSP Group as independent NEDs
Sheth is a former managing director of Diageo in Southeast Asia, while Kuhn was previously an executive vice-president at CWT.
Board moves, 20 December, 2021
Oxford Biomedica appoints Catherine Moukheibir as non-executive director
Moukheibir has extensive international experience in finance, capital markets and life sciences, including as CFO of Movetis.
Board moves, 16 December, 2021
Robert Isom named as next chief executive of American Airlines
Isom, who is currently president of American Airlines Group, will succeed Doug Parker as CEO on 31 March next year.