Our Patrons & Board

WIG’s Patrons

• John Cridland CBE
  Director-General, Confederation of British Industry
• Martin Donnelly CMG Permanent Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
• Carolyn Downs CB
  Chief Executive, Local Government Association
• 
  Simon Fraser CMG
  Permanent Under Secretary, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• 
  Sir Jeremy Heywood KCB
  Cabinet Secretary
• 
  Sir Bob Kerslake
  Permanent Secretary and Head of the Civil Service
• Sir Nicholas Macpherson KCB
  Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury
• 
  Sir John Parker GBE
  Chairman, Anglo American
• Sir Michael Rake KB Chairman, BT Group plc
• Robert Swannell
  Chairman, Marks & Spencer plc
• 
  Dianne Thompson CBE
  Chief Executive, Camelot Group of Companies

WIG’s Board of Trustees

• 
  Nigel Whitehead
  Group Managing Director - Programmes and Support, BAE SYSTEMS plc 
  (Chairman of WIG)
• Keith Brown
  Managing Director, Currency, De La Rue 
• 
  James Close
  Formerly Partner, Sustainability & Cleantech Services, Ernst & Young
• 
  Helen Dudley CBE
  Director of Talent Management,
  Cabinet Office
• Bronwyn Hill
  Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
    
• 
  Shirley Pointer
  HR Director, Department of Health 
• 
  Richard Thomas CBE
  Chairman, Administrative Justice & Tribunals Council
• 
  Rosa Wilkinson
  Innovation Director, Intellectual Property Office