Board of Directors
Board of Directors of Standard Life plc
- Gerry Grimstone
- David Nish
- Keith Skeoch
- Colin Buchan
- Pierre Danon
- Crawford Gillies
- David Grigson
- Noel Harwerth
- John Paynter
- Lynne Peacock
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Chairman
Appointed Chairman in May 2007, having been Deputy Chairman since March 2006. He became a director of The Standard Life Assurance Company in July 2003. Gerry is also Chairman of TheCityUK, an Independent Non-Executive of Deloitte LLP and the Lead Non-Executive at the Ministry of Defence. Previously, he held senior positions within the Department of Health and Social Security and HM Treasury until 1986. He then spent 13 years with Schroders in London, Hong Kong and New York, and was Vice Chairman of Schroders' worldwide investment banking activities from 1998 to 1999.
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Chief Executive
Appointed Chief Executive on 1 January 2010, having been Group Finance Director since November 2006 when he was appointed to the Board. He is also Deputy Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Long Term Savings and Life Insurance Committee of the Association of British Insurers, Non-Executive Director of the UK Green Investment Bank plc, Member of the UK Strategy Committee of TheCityUK and Member of the Financial Services Advisory Board of the Scottish Government. David was previously a partner with Price Waterhouse, and subsequently Group Finance Director and then Executive Director, Infrastructure Division at Scottish Power plc.
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Executive Director
Appointed Director in May 2006, having been a director of the Standard Life Assurance Company since March 2006. He is Chief Executive of Standard Life Investments Limited. Keith joined Standard Life Investments Limited in 1999 as Chief Investment Officer after nearly 20 years' investment experience at James Capel & Company Limited in a number of roles, including Chief Economist and Managing Director International Equities. He is also a Director of the Investment Management Association, a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Reporting Council and a member of the Advisory Board of Reform Scotland.
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Non-Executive Director
Appointed Director in January 2008. Colin is also Senior Independent Director of Blackrock World Mining Trust plc, Chairman of Moneycorp and Director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He was formerly Global Head of Equities at UBS Warburg and a member of the Group Management Board of UBS AG.
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Non-Executive Director
Appointed Director in October 2011. He is also Vice Chairman of TDC, Executive Chairman of Volia and Independent Director of CIEL Investment Limited. From 2000-2005, Pierre was Chief Executive Officer of BT Retail and, subsequently, Chief Operating Officer of Capgemini Group and Chairman of Eircom.
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Non-Executive Director
Appointed Director in January 2007. He is also Chairman of Scottish Enterprise and Control Risks Group Holdings Limited, Non-Executive Director of MITIE Group PLC, and Member of the Advisory Board of the School for CEOs. Crawford spent 22 years with Bain & Company Inc, the international management consultants, where he was Managing Director Europe. He was an independent member of the DTI's Management and Strategy Boards from 2002 to 2007, and chaired the DTI's Audit and Risk Committee from 2003 to 2007.
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Non-Executive Director
Appointed Director in November 2009. He is also Chairman of Creston plc, Chairman of Trinity Mirror plc and Senior Independent Director of Ocado Group plc. David spent much of his career in senior financial executive positions, firstly with Emap plc where he served as Group Finance Director from 1989 to 2000, and more recently with Reuters Group plc, where he was Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2008, when Reuters Group became Thomson Reuters Limited.
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Non-Executive Director
Appointed Director in July 2012. She is also Chairman of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited, and a Non-Executive Director of GE Capital Bank Limited, Avocet Mining PLC, Alent plc and Harry Winston Diamond Corporation. Noel was previously with Citicorp for 15 years, latterly as the Chief Operating Officer of Citibank International.
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Non-Executive Director
Appointed Director in January 2012. He is the Company's Senior Independent Director and the Non-Executive Chairman of Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited. John is also a Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered plc and a Senior Advisor to Greenhill & Co International. From 2001 to 2005, he was Deputy Chairman of Cazenove Group plc and then Vice-Chairman of JP Morgan Cazenove from 2005 to 2008.
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Non-Executive Director
Appointed Director in April 2012. Lynne is also a Non-Executive Director of Scottish Water and a Non-Executive Director of Nationwide Building Society. She joined National Australia Bank Limited in 2003 and, from 2004 to 2011, she was Chief Executive Officer, UK (Clydesdale Bank plc and Yorkshire Bank). Prior to that, Lynne was with Woolwich plc from 1983 to 2003, finishing her career there as Chief Executive Officer.
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