President's group

Our president, John Varley, former group chief executive, Barclays PLC, created the president's group to enable engagement on disability at the most senior level. It is the only senior leadership body focused on repositioning disabled people as employees, customers and valued stakeholders. Involvement at this level sends a powerful message - to government, to the market place, to colleagues and to competitors. The message is that business leaders have disability on their agenda.

President's group members

Private sector

• David Thomlinson, CEO Accenture
• Rosaleen Blair, CEO, Alexander Mann Solutions
• Clement Booth, CEO Allianz
• David Brennan, CEO AstraZeneca
• Howell James, Vice Chairman Corporate Affairs Barclays 
• Jeremy Darroch, CEO BskyB
• Mike Rake, Chairman BT
• Ray King, CEO BUPA
• Phil Smith, VP UK and Ireland Cisco
• David Sproul, Senior Partner & CEO Deloitte
• Matthew Sanders, CEO de Poel Consulting Ltd
• Lisa Cameron, General Counsel, UK & I Leader Ernst & Young
• Gavin Bounds, COO UK&I Fujitsu
• Andrew Witty, CEO GlaxoSmithKline
• Andrew Wilson, Co-head Investment Management Goldman Sachs
• Ian Cheshire, CEO Kingfisher / B&Q
• Richard Reid, London Chairman KPMG
• Mark Fisher, Director Group Operations Lloyds Banking Group
• TBC, CEO UK Logica
• Jill McDonald, President & CEO McDonald's Restaurants
• Dr Nasser Siabi, Managing Director, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd
• Gordon Frazer, MD and VP of MS International Microsoft Ltd
• Mike Betts, CEO Motability Operations
• David Callaghan, Senior Vice President UK, Ireland & Israel, Oracle
• Ian Powell, Chairman PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Elaine Arden, Group HR Director RBS 
• Justin King, CEO Sainsbury's
• Tim Noble, Managing Director, SAP
• Jaspal Bindra, Group Executive Director and CEO Asia, Standard Chartered
• Alexander Wilmot-Sitwell, Chairman and CEO Group EMEA, UBS

Public sector

• Mark Thompson, Director-General BBC
• Stephen Otter, Chief Constable Devon & Cornwall Constabulary
• Trevor Phillips , Chairman EHRC
• Melanie Dawes, Director-General HMRC
• Ursula Brennan, Permanent Secretary MOD
• Dean Royles, Director NHS Employers
• Dr Kevin Woods, CEO NHS Scotland
• Brendan Barber, General Secretary TUC
• Trevor Pearce, Acting Director General SOCA
• Judy Wilson, CEO South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

International Ambassadors

• Duncan Mitchell, SVP Emerging East Cisco
• David Kogan, CEO Reel Enterprises

How do you join the president's group?

Gold members of EFD are invited to nominate their CEO or Chairmen to join, a personal invitation from our president will then follow.

How often does the president's group meet?

President's group members meet formally once a year to mobilise strategic stakeholder engagement at the most senior levels across the UK and business. EFD meets regularly with individual president's group members throughout the year.