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Philip Keevil graduated from Oxford and received his MBA from Harvard University. He is currently Chair of the Risk Advisory Group and a senior partner at Compass Advisers. A former managing director of Citigroup Global Markets, he served as Chairman of Citigroup's European Equity and Fixed Income Commitment Committees. He joined Citigroup’s Salomon Brothers in 1995, initially as a managing director and head of International Mergers and Acquisitions, and ultimately served as the head of European M&A, a position he held through the merger to form Citigroup and the combination with Schroders.
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Suzanna Taverne is currently a Non Executive Director of Nationwide, FCE Bank plc and the Design Museum and Chair of One Parent Families|Gingerbread. Since graduating from Oxford University, she has enjoyed a varied career, being a former Director of Imperial College London, Managing Director of the British Museum, Director of Strategy at Pearson plc, a consultant to Saatchi and Saatchi plc, Finance Director of The Independent and a senior manager at S.G. Warburg & Co Ltd.
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Robert Walker is the Chairman of WH Smith and BCA Europe. He graduated from Oxford University and began his career in marketing at Proctor & Gamble, then spent six years at McKinsey & Co. before joining PepsiCo International in 1976. He worked for PepsiCo Inc. for over 22 years, where he was a Division President responsible for the company's beverage business in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. In May 1996 Robert joined the Board of Severn Trent Plc as a non-executive director and became Chief Executive in August 2000. Robert is also a non-executive director of Tate and Lyle and Williams Lea Holdings plc.
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Tim Yeo has been a Member of Parliament since 1983 and is the Chairman of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee. A former Minister in the Administrations of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, he was a member of the Shadow Cabinet until 2005. Before entering Parliament he worked in investment banking and latterly was Chief Executive of one of Britain’s largest charities, SCOPE. He is a graduate of Cambridge University. Tim is also director of ITI Energy Limited and Eurotunnel and Chairman of Univent Plc and AFC Energy Plc. He writes on golf for the Weekend FT and County Life.
