Appointed to the Board April 2023.
Ruth is the Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk and Nominations Committees.
Ruth has a wealth of experience gained from a 37-year international career at Royal Dutch Shell holding senior functional and line roles, including having responsibility for group strategy and planning. She was a Non-Executive Director of Associated British Foods from 2014 to 2023 and Senior Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chair from 2018. She was a Non-Executive Director of Rolls-Royce from 2014 to 2019 and Remuneration Committee Chair from 2016, a Non-Executive Director of ContourGlobal from 2018 to 2019 and Non-Executive Director and Remuneration Committee Chair at Keller Group from 2010 to 2017.
Extensive experience gained from a broad range of executive and non-executive roles at leading industrial companies, both in the UK and internationally. She also has experience advising government departments on strategic development and capability building.
Chair of Babcock International Group and a trustee of Windsor Leadership and the White Ensign Association.
