Val Gooding

Val Gooding, aged 64, joined the Board in February 2014. She is non-executive Chairman of Premier Farnell plc and is a non-executive director of TUI Travel Plc. Val is also a Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces and English National Ballet. In 1996, Val became Managing Director of British United Provident Association (Bupa), and was appointed to the position of CEO in 1998, a role she held for ten years before stepping down in 2008. Prior to joining Bupa, Val spent 23 years working with British Airways Plc, where she held a number of positions, including Head of Cabin Services, Head of Marketing, Director of Business Units and Director for Asia Pacific. Val has been a non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank plc, the BBC, J. Sainsbury plc, Compass Group plc, BAA plc, CWC Communications plc, the Lawn Tennis Association and a member of the Council of Warwick University, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Warwick Business School, and a Board member of both the Confederation of British Industry and Association of British Insurers. on 30 April 2014 she resigned her position as lead non-executive director at the Home Office. She was also President of the International Federation of Health Plans and a Trustee and deputy Chairman at the British Museum. Val was awarded a CBE in 2002 for services to business and has honorary doctorates from Warwick, Cranfield, Bournemouth and Middlesex Universities.