Sir Bill was appointed to the Board in December 2016 as Non-executive Director and appointed Chairman in May 2017.

Skills and experience

Sir Bill brings strong commercial and management experience to the Board. His extensive international technology experience, together with his track record in leading major change in large organisations, provides valuable insight. Sir Bill stepped down as a Non-executive Director of The Co-operative Bank in October 2023 and was also previously Senior Vice President at Hewlett Packard and on the executive committee of EDS plc as Executive Vice President. Until March 2022, Sir Bill was Chairman of Clarkson PLC.

Other roles

Chairman of Node4, a private equity-owned IT services firm.

Sir Bill was awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours 2020.