
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Fidelio has a senior and diverse international network which we are constantly growing and evolving our through global Search & Evaluation assignments and our thought leadership

Thought leadership is an important contributor to how Fidelio supports Boards and we regularly invite key speakers to contribute to our thought leadership. Below is a list of people who we have been glad to welcome as contributors to our research or spoken at our breakfasts and webinars.
John Allan CBE
Chair, Tesco plc; former Chair, Barratt Developments plc; former President, CBI
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Beatriz Araujo
Partner, Baker & McKenzie; Platform Fellow, World Economic Forum
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Cyrus Ardalan
Chair, OakNorth Bank, LXi REIT, and CAF Financial Solutions Ltd; Non-Executive Director, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
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Sarah Bates
Chair, John Lewis Partnership Trust for Pensions & Universities Superannuation Scheme Investment Management Ltd; Senior Independent Director, Alliance Trust
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Rachel Beagles
Former Chair, The Association of Investment Companies; Non-Executive Director, Gresham House plc and Witan Investment Trust plc
Dr Harry Brünjes
Chair, English National Opera
Ann Cairns
Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard; Global Chair, 30% Club; Chair, ICE Clear Europe & Financial Alliance for Women; Member, UK Government’s AI Council; Lead Non-Executive Board Member, BEIS
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Margaret Casely-Hayford
Chair, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre; Chancellor, Coventry University



Natalie Ceeney CBE
Chair, Cash Action Group; Non-Executive Director, Anglian Water Services, Openreach, LV, Ford Credit Europe Bank
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Amee Chande
Non-Executive Director, Air Canada and Thumbtack; former Managing Director, Global Strategy & Operations, Alibaba Group; former Chief Commercial Officer, Waymo
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Christine Chow
Head of Stewardship, HSBC; Emeritus Governor, London School of Economics and Political Science; former Director, Federated Hermes
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Mike Clasper CBE
Chair, Coats Group plc, SSP Group plc, and Bioss
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Tony Cocker
Senior Independent Director, SSE plc; Chair, Infinis
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Ian Cockerill
Non-Executive Director, BHP and Cornish Lithium Ltd; former Chair, Polymetal International plc
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Annette Court
Chair, Admiral Group PLC and WHSmith; Non-Executive Director, Sage Group PLC
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Anne de Kerckhove
Group CEO, Freespee; Senior Independent Director, 888 Holdings
Paul Drechsler CBE
Chair, London First and International Chamber of Commerce UK; Non-Executive Director, Greencore Plc and Schroders & Co.
Julie Etchingham
Presenter, ITV News at Ten
Ann Francke OBE
Chief Executive, Chartered Management Institute
Professor Bob Garratt
Director, Garratt Learning Services Ltd; Honorary Visiting Professor, Cass Business School
Jo Harlow
Sustainability Committee Chair, J Sainsbury plc; Remuneration Committee Chair, Halma plc and IHG plc
Jane Hill
Presenter, BBC
Mary Hockaday
Master, Trinity Hall Cambridge; former Controller, BBC World Service English; Non-Executive Director, ICAEW
Steve Holliday
Chair, Crisis; Vice Chairman, Business in the Community and The Careers & Enterprise Company; former CEO, National Grid
Emma Howard Boyd
co-Chair, Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment; former Chair, Environment Agency


David Jackson
former Company Secretary, BP plc
Lady Barbara Judge
former Chair, Institute of Directors, UK
Atomic Energy Authority, Cifas & Pension Protection Fund* need to add note
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Jonathan Mendelsohn
Chair, 888 Holdings plc; founding Partner, Oakvale Capital LLP
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David Pearl
former Deputy Company Secretary, BP plc
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Jamie Pike
Chair, Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc; former Chair, Cobham plc & RPC Group plc
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Robert Rowland Smith
Author and Philosopher, works include Breakfast with Socrates
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General Sir Richard Shirreff
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Strategia Worldwide; former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
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Elisabeth Stheeman
External Member, Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee and Financial Market Infrastructure Board; Supervisory Board Member, Aareal Bank AG; Non-Executive Director, Edinburgh Investment Trust plc
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Cas Sydorowitz
Global Head of Activism and M&A, Georgeson
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David Tyler
Chair, Domestic & General Insurance plc, Imagr and The Parker Review Committee on the Ethnic Diversity of UK Boards
Douglas van den Aardweg
CEO and Executive Chairman, Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited; Non-Executive Chairman, HSBC Life (UK) Ltd
Stephen Welton
Chair, Business Growth Fund plc (BGF); Non-Executive Director, Intermediate Capital Group
