
Baroness Ford OBE
Non-Executive Chairman
Appointed September 2017
Committees
Member of Nomination Committee (Chair)
Member of Remuneration Committee
Key Skills and Experience
Baroness Ford has over 20 years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of private and Stock Exchange listed companies and extensive experience of working with the Government. Margaret also has extensive knowledge across the real estate market and is an Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. From 2002 to 2008, she was Chairman of English Partnerships (now Homes England) and from 2009 to 2012, she was a member of the Olympic Board and Chairman of the Olympic Park Legacy Company. Margaret was previously a Non-Executive Director of Taylor Wimpey plc and SEGRO plc, and the former Chairman of STV Group plc, Grainger plc and May Gurney Integrated Services plc.
External Appointments
Listed Companies
Lendlease Corporation (Senior Advisor to the Board)
Other
Chairman of Challenge Board; Buckingham Palace Reservicing Programme; National President of the British Epilepsy Association; Trustee, British Olympic Association; Director, Deloitte UK LLP and Chair of the UK Audit Governance Board; Director, North/South Europe Board;Member of the Global Advisory Board for Deloitte.
Baroness Ford was appointed to the House of Lords in 2006 and is a Cross bench peer.