• The Trustees
  • Rod Bristow
  • Will Butler-Adams
  • Sir William Castell LVO
  • David Cruickshank
  • Peter Dart
  • Terry Duddy
  • John Griffith-Jones
  • Richard Lambert
  • Robert Peston
  • Don Robert
  • Roland Rudd
  • Steve Smith
  • Richard Thornhill
  • FORMER TRUSTEES
  • Clare Chapman
  • Dr John Dunford
  • Stephen Green
  • Lesley Longstone
  • Sir John Rose
  • Anthony Salz
  • Bob Wigley
• The partnership board
• Expert working groups
• Delivery partners
• The executive team

Sir Richard Lambert

Former Director General
CBI

Having studied history at Balliol College, Oxford, Richard Lambert joined the Financial Times in 1966. He edited the Lex column in the 1970s, becoming financial editor in 1979. In 1982 he moved to New York as the bureau chief, returning to the UK a year later as deputy editor. He became editor of the Financial Times in 1991 and during his 10 years in this role launched the US version of the newspaper.

A member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee from Spring 2003 until Spring 2006, Richard took up the post of director-general of the CBI in July 2006. Among a number of other non-remunerated roles, Richard is also a trustee of the British Museum and became chancellor of the University of Warwick in August 2008. He was knighted in January 2011 for services to business.