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Dame Ruth Cairnie DBE

Chair

Ruth Cairnie|

Appointed

Appointed to the Board in April 2019 and as Chair in July 2019.

Nationality

British

Experience

Ruth brings experience of the engineering sector gained from a 37-year international career spanning senior functional and line roles at Royal Dutch Shell plc. She has also advised government departments on strategic development and capability building. She has been a Non-Executive Director of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, Associated British Foods plc, ContourGlobal plc and Keller Group PLC as well as a member of the finance committee of the University of Cambridge. Ruth is a Master of Advanced Studies in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and holds a BSc Joint Honours in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Bristol.

External Appointments

Non-Executive Director of BT Group plc and Serendipity Capital, a venture capital investor focused on critical technologies. She is a patron of the Women in Defence Charter and a member of the CBI Board.

Qualifications

Dame Ruth is a Master of Advanced Studies in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and holds a BSc Joint Honours in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Bristol.

Committee Membership

Nominations (Chair)