Lord Kerr of Kinlochard

Lord Kerr "was in the UK Diplomatic Service for 36 years and headed it from 1997 to 2002 as Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office. Previous postings included being principal private secretary to two Chancellors of the Exchequer, serving in the Soviet Union and Pakistan, and spells as Ambassador to the European Union (1990 to 1995), and the US (1995 to 1997). He has been an independent member of the House of Lords since 2004." He attended the 2011 Bilderberg Conference in Saint Moritz Switzerland


 * Director, Rio Tinto
 * Vice President, European Policy Centre

External appointments (current and recent):
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland since 2005
 * Deputy Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc since 2005
 * Director of The Scottish American Investment Trust plc since 2002
 * Advisory Board member, Scottish Power (Iberdrola) since 2007
 * Director of The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company plc from 2002 to 2005
 * Chairman of the Court and Council of Imperial College, London since 2005
 * Trustee of the Rhodes Trust since 1997, The National Gallery since 2002, and the
 * Advisory Board member BAE Systems since September 2008 and Secretary General, European Convention (Brussels) from 2002 to 2003