Donald Brydon became a Non-Executive Director of Royal Mail Group in February 2009 and Chairman in March 2009. He is also Chairman of the London Metal Exchange, Smiths Group plc, the ifs School of Finance and the David Rattray Memorial Trust (UK).
He had a 20-year career with Barclays Group, during which time he was Chairman and Chief Executive of BZW Investment Management and acting Chief Executive of BZW followed by ten years with the AXA Group including holding the posts of Chairman and Chief Executive of AXA Investment Managers and Chairman of AXA Framlington. He has also recently been Chairman of Amersham plc and Taylor Nelson Sofres plc and a Director of Allied Domecq plc and Scottish Power plc. He is a past Chairman of EveryChild.
David Currie was appointed to the Board in January 2009 and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee. He was the founding Chairman of Ofcom (2002 – April 2009).
He is Chairman of the International Centre for Financial Regulation and of Semperian PPP Investment Partners Holdings Ltd, and sits on the boards of the accountancy firm BDO, the Dubai Financial Services Authority, IG Group plc, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Previous appointments include positions with Nomura, Terra Firma, Unisys, T-Systems and on the boards of Abbey National plc and Ofgem.
Moya Greene has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Post Corporation since 2005. Whilst there she led a wide-ranging transformation programme to increase quality of service and efficiency across the organisation. Prior to joining Canada Post she held senior roles at companies including Bombardier Inc and TD Bank.
Richard Handover was appointed to the Board in January 2003.
Until 2007 he was Chairman of the Adult Learning Inspectorate and Business in the Community Education Leadership and a Non-Executive Director of the Nationwide Building Society. He was Chairman of W H Smith plc until the end of January 2005.
Mark Higson was appointed to the Board in November 2007.
Mark joined from BPB, the worlds leading plasterboard manufacturer, where he was divisional Chief Executive and Group Operations Director. Prior to BPB, he held senior positions at Courtaulds Plc, including CEO at its UK Coatings division. He has also worked at HJ Heinz and British Aerospace.
Mark is an engineering graduate of Imperial College London and also holds a Masters Degree in Business from study at the London Business School and the Massachussetts Institute of Technology. He has a passion for safety and health, providing outstanding service and innovation for customers and for delivering operational excellence by utilising the full contribution of all our people.
Paul joined the Board on 1 August 2009 as Non-Executive Director and is Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Paul also holds Non-Executive directorships at Thomson SA, Knowledge Peers plc and Tangent Communications plc and is a Trustee of Pilotlight.
He was previously Senior Independent Director of Taylor Nelson Sofres plc and has also been Group Finance Director of Carlton Communications plc and of LASMO plc.
Margaret Prosser joined the Board in November 2004 and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2004.
Margaret is a Non-Executive Director of the Trade Union Funds Managers and has been Chair of the Women and Work Commission since July 2004. She is also Deputy Chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
David was appointed Managing Director of Post Office Ltd in April 2010 after three years as MD Parcelforce Worlwide.
David joined Royal Mail Group in 2002, initially as Finance Director of Royal Mail’s Business Sales division before being appointed as Finance Director of Parcelforce Worldwide in January 2003 and then MD Parcelforce Worldwide.
He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and, prior to 2002, held a number of financial and commercial positions in the electronics industry, including Finance Director of RS Components UK.
Jon Millidge is the Group HR Director. He is also Chairman of National Design Consultancy Ltd and a Pension Scheme Trustee of the Royal Mail Retirement Savings Pension Plan and the Royal Mail Defined Contributions Plan.
Jon joined Royal Mail in 1985 as a graduate entrant, and has worked across all of the businesses of the Group notably as HR Director in Royal Mail Letters (2003 – 2004), Parcelforce Worldwide (2000 – 2003) and Subscription Services (1997 – 1998) and as General Manager in the Post Office (1999 – 2000). He was Group Director of Employee Relations prior to his current role.
Jon is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
