Bryan K Sanderson

Following two years voluntary service with the United Nations Association in Peru, Bryan Sanderson joined BP in 1964 and held a variety of positions prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer of BP Chemicals in March 1990 and a Managing Director of BP in April 1992, the posts from which he retired in September 2000. Thereafter Bryan Sanderson held the post of Chairman of the Learning and Skills Council (2000-2004), Chairman of BUPA (2001-6) and Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank (2003-6).

He was appointed non-executive Chairman of the Sunderland Area Regeneration Company in March 2001, is a non-executive director of Durham County Cricket Club and was Chairman of Sunderland Ltd. (football) from 1998 - 2004. Mr. Sanderson currently sits on the Board of the Commonwealth Business Council, is co-chairman of the Asia Task Force, a Trustee of the Economist and is a Board member of the Foundation for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He is a Governor of the London School of Economics (Vice Chairman from 1998 - 2003) and served on the Management Committee of the King's Fund (2000-6) and joined its Audit Committee (2000-6). He was previously one of the "three wise men" who advised the leader of the Labour party on Competitiveness and a member of the DTI's steering group on Company Law Reform (1998-2001). Mr. Sanderson served as a non-executive director of Six Continents PLC (formerly Bass plc (from July 2001 - March 2003) and Corus (formerly British Steel from 1994 - June 2001).

Mr. Sanderson attended the London School of Economics where he gained a B.Sc. (Econ) and the IMEDE Business School in Lausanne (1973). He was awarded a CBE in 1999, Honorary Degrees from the University of Sunderland and University of York in 1998 and 1999 respectively and an Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2002.