James Ross
Non Executive Chairman
James Ross was educated at Oxford, where he was an Open Exhibitioner of Jesus College. He gained an honours degree in Modern History in 1962. He joined BP in 1962 and during a thirty year career rose to become a Managing Director and Chairman and Chief Executive of BP America.
After leaving in 1992 he spent twelve years as successively Chief Executive of Cable and Wireless, Chairman of Littlewoods and Chairman of National Grid.
James was the recipient of honorary doctorates of law at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester in 2000. In the mid 1990s, he chaired the Board of the Manchester Business School. He was appointed Chair of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education in December 2003.
James is currently a director of Prudential, of McGraw Hill in the US and of Schneider Electric in France. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Institute of Business Ethics and the board of the Marshall Aid Commemorative Commission. He is also a Trustee of the Council for Industry and Higher Education.
James was appointed Chairman of the LSTM Board of Trustees in December 2007 and Chairman of the LATH Board of Directors in March 2009.
