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 on their agenda.

President's group members

Private sector

• David Thomlinson, CEO Accenture
• Clement Booth, CEO Allianz
• David Brennan, CEO AstraZeneca
• Jeremy Darroch, CEO BskyB
• Sally Davis, CEO BT Wholesale BT
• Ray King, CEO BUPA
• Phil Smith, VP UK and Ireland Cisco
• Robin Heath, UK Managing Partner Ernst & Young
• Andrew Witty, CEO GlaxoSmithKline
• Glenn Earle, COO Goldman Sachs
• William Morris, MD UK/Ireland and SVP Brand Performance EMEA InterContinental Hotel Group
• Richard Tyrie, CEO JobsGoPublic/Goodpeople
• Ian Cheshire, CEO Kingfisher / B&Q
• Richard Reid, London Chairman KPMG
• Francis Salway, CEO Land Securities
• Mark Fisher, Director Group Operations Lloyds Banking Group
• Craig Boundy, CEO UK Logica
• Steve Easterbrook, 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
• Ruby McGregor-Smith, CEO MITIE
• David Callaghan, Senior Vice President UK, Ireland & Israel, Oracle
• Ian Powell, Chairman PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Justin King, CEO Sainsbury's
• Tim Noble, Managing Director, SAP
• Alexander Wilmot-Sitwell, Chairman and CEO Group EMEA, UBS

Public sector

• Mark Thompson, Director-General BBC
• Stephen Otter, Chief Constable Devon & Cornwall Constabulary
• Stephen Hickey, Director General DFT
• Leigh Lewis CB, Permanent Secretary DWP
• Trevor Phillips , Chairman EHRC
• Sir David Normington, Permanent Under Secretary Home Office
• Melanie Dawes, Director-General HMRC
• Bill Jeffrey, Permanent Secretary MOD
• Gill Bellord, Director for Core Services 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

Broadcasters and Creative Industries Disability Network

• Oona King, Head of Diversity, Channel Four TV

International Ambassador

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

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.