This year’s awards for exceptional non-executive directors celebrated talent in the face of ‘material and disruptive’ questions for boards.

An experienced non-executive director, Harvey will also, from 2025, chair the company’s remuneration committee.

Former Mondelēz president Romeo Lacerda joins the board of the international soft drinks business later this month.

Hounaïda Lasry will join the board of the retailer as a non-executive director in September, subject to shareholder approval.

She will join the Irish homebuilder’s board as an independent non-executive director at the beginning of July.

Sue Clark, an experienced NED, will be joining the airline’s board as its senior independent director in March.