People: BG Group PLC (BG.L)

Sir. David Manning, GCMG, CVO, is Non-Executive Independent Director of BG Group plc. He was a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for 35 years, serving in Warsaw, New Delhi, Paris, Moscow, Tel Aviv and Brussels. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 2008 after four years as British ambassador to the USA. Other appointments: non-executive director, Lockheed Martin UK Holdings Ltd., senior adviser, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), trustee, Turner Contemporary, director, Gatehouse Advisory Partners, nominated member, Council of Lloyds of London, chairman, London School of Economics IDEAS Advisory Board.