Ian Harley

Board Mentor
Criticaleye

Ian has almost 25 years of FTSE board experience, gained at Abbey National plc, Rentokil Initial plc, and British Energy plc. He was CFO and CEO during his 9 years on the Abbey board, spent 8 years on the Rentokil board as a NED and Audit Committee Chairman, and 7 years on the BE board as a NED, SID, Deputy Chairman and Audit Committee Chairman.

Currently, he is SID and Audit Committee Chairman at John Menzies plc, Chairman of Rentokil Initial Pension Trustees Ltd, and Chairman of the Court of the Whitgift Foundation. He also acts as an advisor to Independent Audit Ltd., and chairs its Advisory Board.

As you'll guess from the above, his experience is centred on banking and finance! His finance industry appointments included 3 years as Chairman of the Association of Payment Clearing Services (APACS) and the Presidency of the Institute of Bankers.

Ian has an MA in Economics from the University of Edinburgh, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers. Ian is a Criticaleye Board Mentor.