Annex C
Alan R. Gillespie CBE
Banking Career:
[July 2008] [Chairman, elect Alliance & Leicester
plc] This role did not materialize due to the acquisition of
A&L by Banco Santander
2001-2008 Chairman
Ulster Bank Group
(wholly owned subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Scotland
Group)
1986-1999 Goldman Sachs & Co
Partner and Managing Director, New York/London
1976-1986 Citigroup/Citibank
Executive Director, London/Geneva
Public Sector:
2005-Present Chairman
The International Finance Facility
for Immunization (IFFIm)
(A US$5 billion development finance initiative linked
to GAVI, Geneva promoted by the UK government and co-funded by
France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden and South Africa).
2005-2007 Co-Chair Northern Ireland Rediscovered
: Washington DC 2007
2001-2002 Chairman: EDFI (European Development
Finance Institutions) Brussels
1999-2002 Chief Executive
Commonwealth Development Corporation
CDC Group plc, London
1999-2006 Chairman, University Challenge
Venture Capital Fund
1997-2002 Chairman
The Northern Ireland Industrial Development
Board
Non-Executive Director:
2008-present United Business Media plc;
(Senior Independent Director, Chair Remco.)
1996-2007 Elan Corporation plc
(Chair - Audit Committee)
Advisory Boards:
2008-present Board Member, The British-Irish
Association
2007-present Advisory Board Member, UNESCO
Centre for International
Development, University of Ulster
2006-present Advisory Board Member, Career
Academy
2003-present Hon. Patron: The Queen's University
Foundation
1996-2004 Member, Advisory Board, Judge Institute
of Management Studies, University of Cambridge
Education:
1969-1976 University of Cambridge, Clare
College
1972: BA Hons
1973: MA
1977: PhD "Growth Centres and Regional
Economic Development"
Honours:
2008: Honorary Fellow: Clare College
Cambridge
2008: High Sheriff of County Down
2005: Honorary Degree: The Queen's
University of Belfast
2003: CBE
2001: Honorary Degree: The University
of Ulster
Personal:
Nationality: British
DOB: 31 July 1950
Married: Son (29); Daughter (26)
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