President's group

Our president, John Varley, 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 at the top of their agenda.

President's group members

Private sector

• David Thomlinson, CEO Accenture
• David Brennan, CEO AstraZeneca
• Jeremy Darroch, CEO BskyB
• Willie Walsh, CEO British Airways
• Duncan Mitchell, MD Cisco
• Robin Heath, UK Managing Partner Ernst & Young
• Andrew Witty, CEO GlaxoSmithKline
• Glenn Earle, MD Goldman Sachs
• Peter Cummings, CEO Corporate HBOS
• Adrian Ringrose, CEO Interserve
• Michael Grade, Chairman ITV
• Richard Tyrie, CEO JGP
• Ian Cheshire, CEO Kingfisher / B&Q
• Mike Wareing, CEO KPMG International
• Francis Salway, CEO Land Securities
• Jeremy Isaacs, CEO Lehman Brothers
• Mike Fairey, Group Deputy CEO Lloyds TSB
• Steve Easterbrook, President & CEO McDonald's Restaurants
• Bob Wigley, Chairman Merrill Lynch
• Dr Nasser Siabi, Managing Director, Microlink PC (UK) Ltd
• Mike Betts, CEO Motability Operations
• Ian Duncan-Powell, Chairman PricewaterhouseCoopers
• David Kogan, CEO Reel Enterprises & Chairman BCIDN
• Nev Wilkinson, Managing Partner Rockpools
• Neil Roden, HR Director RBS
• Justin King, CEO Sainsbury's
• Sir Terry Leahy, CEO Tesco
• Alexander Wilmot-Sitwell, Chairman and CEO UBS Group EMEA, UBS

Public sector

• Mark Thompson, Director-General BBC
• Richard Lambert, Director-General CBI
• Stephen Otter, Chief Constable Devon and Cornwall & Police and Law Enforcement Network
• Stephen Hickey, Director General DFT
• Leigh Lewis CB, Permanent Secretary DWP
• Trevor Phillips , Chairman EHRC
• Dave Hartnett, Director-General HMRC
• Lesley Strathie, CEO Jobcentre Plus
• Bill Jeffrey, Permanent Secretary MOD
• Steve Barnett, Director NHS Employers
• Dr Kevin Woods, CEO NHS Scotland
• Adam Crozier, CEO Royal Mail & Chair of EFD
• Valerie Todd, MD TFL
• Brendan Barber, General Secretary TUC
• William Hughes, Director General SOCA

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 met 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.