Lord Kerr of Kinlochard

GCMG, MA. Age 67.

Appointment and election: Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited since 2003. Lord Kerr 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
Advisory Board member, Scottish Power (Iberdrola) from 2007 to July 2009
Director of Scottish Power Limited, effective 15 July 2009
Director of The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company plc from 2002 to 2005
Chairman of the Court and Council of Imperial College, London since 2005
Trustee of the Rhodes Trust since 1997, The National Gallery since 2002, and the
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland since 2005
Advisory Board member BAE Systems since September 2008 and Secretary General, European Convention (Brussels) from 2002 to 2003

Notes
(a) Audit committee 
(b) Nominations committee 
(c) Remuneration committee 
(d) Committee on social and environmental accountability 
(e) Independent