Independent Non-Executive Director, Non-Executive
Chairman until 1 September 2023, appointed to the Board
7 June 2019. Chairman of the Nominations Committee
from 1 March 2023.

After three years in the Royal Navy, Lord Jones spent 20 years at Edge & Ellison, a major Birmingham-based corporate law firm, where he served as Senior Partner in the mid-1990’s. He was appointed Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry in 2000. In 2007 he became Minister of State for UK Trade & Investment becoming a life peer but not joining the party of government. Thereafter he served as Chairman of International Advisory Boards of, or senior advisor to, major multi-national companies.

He has extensive experience in deal making, corporate finance, change management and export and investment
markets around the world.