Governance
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG, MA, age 67
Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited since 2003. He was re-elected by shareholders in 2007 (notes a, d and e).
Skills and experience: Lord Kerr was in the UK Diplomatic Service for 36 years and headed it from 1997 to 2002 as Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office. Previous postings included being principal private secretary to two Chancellors of the Exchequer, serving in the Soviet Union and Pakistan, and spells as Ambassador to the European Union (1990 to 1995), and the US (1995 to 1997). He has been an independent member of the House of Lords since 2004.
External appointments (current and recent):
Deputy Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc since 2005
Director of The Scottish American Investment Trust plc since 2002
Chairman of the Court and Council of Imperial College, London since 2005
Advisory Board member, Scottish Power (Iberdrola) since 2007
Advisory Board member, BAE Systems since 2008
Director of The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company plc from 2002 to 2005
Trustee of the Rhodes Trust since 1997, The National Gallery since 2002, and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland since 2005
Secretary General, European Convention (Brussels) from 2002 to 2003
Notes
(a) Audit committee
(b) Remuneration committee
(c) Nominations committee
(d) Committee on social and environmental accountability
(e) Independent
