Ian Cheshire

• Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher, United Kingdom

Former positions with retail businesses, including Group Commercial Director, Sears. Since 1998, with Kingfisher: former Chief Executive, International and Development, Chief Executive, e-Kingfisher and Group Director, Strategy and Development; from June 2005, Chief Executive, B&Q; Jan. 2008, appointed Group Chief Executive. Chairman, British Retail Consortium. Non-Executive Director, Whitbread. Lead Non-Executive Member, Department for Work and Pensions Board. Member: Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change; Business Disability Forum President's Group (formerly Employers' Forum on Disability). Chair, Ecosystem Markets Task Force.