Lesley Knox

She is a Trustee of the Grosvenor Estate, and non-executive director and Chair of Grosvenor Group Ltd; and a Director of both SABMiller plc (a major brewing company) and Centrica Plc (a major energy company). She qualified as a solicitor and then spent 15 years with Kleinwort Benson (1981-1996), first as a Corporate Finance Director and then as Chief Executive of the institutional asset management business. She moved to the British Linen Bank (1997-1999), latterly as Governor, and then was a founder Director of British Linen Advisers (2000-2003). She has held a variety of non-executive directorships with international and British corporates. She is currently involved with a number of charitable and arts organisations and is the Chairman of the V&A at Dundee.