Chair

Appointed

• Chair and Chair of the Nomination Committee in January 2024 

• Chair Designate in November 2023

Skills, Competencies and Experience

Ros has a wide range of experience in executive and non-executive roles in blue chip companies, predominantly in highly regulated and high hazard environments, both in the UK and internationally.

Ros was previously Chief Operating Officer of Smith & Nephew plc and held senior management positions in global companies including Exxon, Diageo, ICI and Tate & Lyle Group.

She was Chair of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority from September 2020 to August 2023. Ros has also held a range of other Board roles with private and listed companies including ConvaTec plc, Boparan Holdings, RPC Group plc, Ceva Logistics and Rexam plc.

Ros plays important roles in the charity sector and academia. She was Deputy Chair of the Council of the University of Southampton for ten years and was a non-executive director of the “Your-Life” initiative, which was a Government led, industry sponsored campaign to increase take up of Maths and Physics amongst 14 to 16 year olds.

Other Roles

Ros is Lead Independent Director at Aperam SA and Independent Non-Executive Director at Victrex plc.  Ros is also on the Board of the community interest company Eton Community CIC.