Professional and Voluntary Appointments

Professional Appointments and Roles:

Member Council, Conflict Research Society, 1974-76

Member of Committee, London Society of Chartered Accountants, 1978-80

Member of Public Affairs Committee, IM 1978 and 79 (Chairman, 1979)

Member, International Chamber of Commerce, BNC Committee on Marketing 1979-80

Chairman, British Institute of Management/Institute of Marketing Crossbencher Programme 1977-80

Member of Council, Society of Company and Commercial Accountants 1978-85

President, Society of Company and Commercial Accountants 1984-85, Hon. Fellow 1985-

Member, Professional Development Committee, Institute of Directors 1989-97

Member of Council, Institute of Business Process Re-engineering 1997-98

Member, Professional Standards Committee, Institute of Directors 1997-2002

Member, Chartered Accreditation Board, Institute of Directors 1997-2002

Member, Board of Examiners, Institute of Directors 1998-2009

Member; Professional Accreditation Committee, Institute of Directors, 2003-2009

Member, Corporate Governance and Risk Management Committee, Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, 2006-2011

Member, ACCA Governance, Risk and Performance Global Forum, 2011-

CMI Ambassador, 2012-

Director-General (UK and Europe), Institute of Directors of India, 2013-

Member, IOD India, Expert Committee, 2016-

President, Institute of Management Services, 2018-

Other Professional Body Appointments:

CCT has also served on the Council of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC), the Committee of the British Business Graduates Society (BBGS) and the Business Graduates Association (BGA) [now Association of MBAs – AMBA] (and as chairman of two working parties and Chairman of its Services to Business Schools Committee), the Committee of the British Institute of Management’s (BIM) Central London Branch (Treasurer 1977-79), the Communication, Advertising and Marketing Foundation’s (CAM) graduate members committee and the Council of the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) (and as Chairman of IPR’s Professional Standards Committee).

List of Public Appointments:

Councilor, London Borough of Greenwich 1977-82 (Also a member of Greenwich Community Health Council and Arts Council and a Governor of Roan, Charlton, Kidbrooke and Eltham Green secondary schools)

Deputy Chairman, London Electricity Consultative Council (LECC) 1980-86 (Member, 1979-86)

[While Deputy Chairman of LECC served as Acting Chairman between chair appointments]

Governor, Moorfields Eye Hospital SHA 1978-88

Member, Council for the Professions Supplementary to Medicine 1982-89 [Regulatory role re. eight professions supplementary to medicine]

Member, National Biological Standards Board 1985-94

Member of Council, Parliamentary Information Technology Committee 1987-96, 97-2002

Chairman, Steering Group and Experts Panel DTI, NEDO, CICI Project Frontline 1988-89

Member, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Advisory Group on Teleworking 1992-94

NED NHS Peterborough (PCT) 2009-13

Chair, NHS Peterborough (PCT) Audit Committee, 2009-11

Member, Audit Committee of the Anglia Support Partnership, 2009-11

Board of Governors of the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust as a Partner Governor representing NHS Peterborough, 2010-2013

NED NHS Cambridgeshire 2011-13

Non-Executive Member, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough audit sub-committee of the Department of Health’s Audit and Risk Committee, 1st April 2013-30th June 2013 (for scrutiny of final PCT reports and accounts)

Lay Member, General Osteopathic Council 2013-16

[Regulatory role re. profession of Osteopathy]

Chair, Education and Registration Standards Committee, General Osteopathic Council 2013-16

List of Voluntary Appointments:

Member of Council, Anglo-Brazilian Society, 1978-80

Chairman, Bow Group 1982-83 (Formerly Treasurer and Research Secretary)

Chairman, Focus Group 1981-82 (Committee 1979-86, Treasurer 1979-81)

President, Focus Group 1983-86

Member of Council of Royal Commonwealth Society 1981-85 (served on Executive Committee)

Member of Council, Foundation for Science and Technology 1987-92

Member, Advisory Panel, Forum for Technology in Training, 1993-95

Judge, Sword of Excellence Awards, 1990-92

Judge, BT Award for Innovation in Electronic Commerce/e-Business, 1993-2000

Chairman, BT Award for Innovation in Electronic Commerce/e-Business and e-Business Innovations Award 1995-2000

Judge, National Business Awards 2004 (regional), 2005 (regional and final), 2006 (national), 2007-8 (regional)

Member, The National Trade and Industry Forum 1983-2001

Member, European Commission’s Team ‘92/Europe 1989-2002

Ambassador, Investors in People, 2002-2005

Member, HR Alumni Advisory Board, 2008-?

Goodwill Ambassador, Chartered Management Institute (CMI) 2009-

Member, Grand Jury for international Golden Peacock Awards, 2009

Member, Grand Jury for national (Indian) Golden Peacock Awards, 2010

Judge, Next Generation Digital Challenge Awards, 2014-17

List of Other Charitable Appointments:

Treasurer, The Beauchamp Lodge Settlement, 1976-77

Member, Executive Committee, The City of Westminster Society for Mentally Handicapped Children, 1976-77

Trustee, Frontline Trust 1989-94

Trustee, Community Network 1989-2011

Vice-Chairman, The St Lazarus Charitable Trust 1991-2000 (Trustee 1989-2006)

Co-founder, Kuwait Knowledge Partnership, 2010

Community Network Ambassador, 2011-

Chair, Group Risk Committee, United Church Schools Trust/United Learning Trust, 2012-13

Chair, Risk and Audit Committee, United Learning, 2013-

Member, Advisory Board, Bridges of Sports, 2016-

Member, Board of Advisers, Aravind Foundation, 2017-

International Organisation (Order of St Lazarus)

Roles with national jurisdiction (England & Wales): Secretary-General 1988-89 (previously Assistant Secretary General) and Chancellor, 1989-91

Bailiff and Chairman, Executive Committee 1991-94

International role:

Bailiff Emeritus and Leader, OSLJ International Governance Initiative, 1994-