Ian Rushby

Former trustee

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Vice-chair | Ian Rushby currently holds a number of board positions in the public, private and charity sectors: non-executive board member of the Defence Board, the highest-level non-ministerial committee at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and chairman of the Defence Audit Committee, chairman of Global Energy Talent, a privately owned Indian-based company that was founded in 2008 providing recruitment, training and human resourcing consultancy services to the energy sector in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Following his retirement as group vice-president and group general auditor of BP plc in 2008, Ian Rushby currently holds a number of board positions in the public, private and charity sectors: non-executive board member of the Defence Board, the highest-level non-ministerial committee at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and chairman of the Defence Audit Committee, chairman of Global Energy Talent, a privately owned Indian-based company that was founded in 2008 providing recruitment, training and human resourcing consultancy services to the energy sector in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

He is also trustee and honorary treasurer of the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust, which aims to advance the education of the public, in particular by the preservation and protection of Antarctic heritage. He also works with English Heritage as a volunteer at Down House in Kent, the home of Charles Darwin. Ian was appointed trustee of IIED and the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development in November 2010.