Governance
Sir Richard Sykes
Director who left the Group during 2008 or 2009
Sir Richard Sykes BSc (Microbiology), PhD (Microbial Biochemistry), DSc, Kt, FRS, FMedSci
Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited since 1997. Sir Richard was senior non executive director and chairman of the Remuneration committee until his retirement at the conclusion of the 2008 annual general meetings
Skills and experience: Sir Richard, read microbiology at the University of London and obtained doctorates in microbial chemistry and in science from the University of Bristol and the University of London respectively.
External appointments (current and recent) upon leaving the group:Director of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation plc since 2007
Director of Lonza Group Limited since 2003, Deputy Chairman since 2005
Chairman of the Healthcare Advisory Group (Apax Partners Limited) since 2002
Chairman of Metabometrix Ltd since 2004
Chairman of Merlion Pharmaceuticals Pte Limited since 2005
Chairman of OmniCyte Ltd since 2006
Chairman of Circassia Ltd since 2007
Director of Abraxis BioScience Inc from 2006 to 2007
Director of Bio*One Capital Pte Ltd since 2003
Rector of Imperial College London since 2001
Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline plc between 2000 and 2002
Trustee of the Natural History Museum, London between 1996 and 2005 and of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew between 2003 and 2005
