After Dinner Speakers: Iain Vallance, Rose Royce, Hermann Hauser

Sir Ian was educated at Oxford and the London Business School. He joined BT plc Board at its inception in 1981; was appointed Chief Executive in 1986, becoming Chairman in 1987 until May 2001. He is Vice-Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Deputy President of the CBI (former President), Chairman of the European Services Forum, Member of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Mobil Corporation. He is also a member of the European Advisory Committee to the New York Stock Exchange, of the Allianz International Advisory Board, and of the European Advisory Council of the Rothschild Group. He is a Vice President of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and a member of the President's Committee and Advisory Council of Business in the Community. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland; a Fellow of the London Business School; an Honorary Governor of Glasgow Academy and an Honorary Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.