Neville Bain

DR Neville Bain is a key member of the S&N board, appointed 1997, and currently chair's the brewers audit committee. Bain has a strong business background, having worked for Cadbury Schweppes 27 years finally as Group Deputy Chief Executive. Following that he became chief executive of Coates Viyella plc a global fashion and textile group. ^[1]

Once chairman of The Post Office, between 1997-2001, with Consignia he was removed from this post in 2001 by the government when it decided not to renew chairman Neville Bain's contract because the service provided was "simply not good enough". ^[2]

Bain has written a number of books on management Previous publications include 'Successful Management' (Macmillan, 1995), and 'Winning Ways Through Corporate Governance' (Macmillan, 1996), People Advantage (1996) ^[3]

Described by The London Speaker Bureau an organisation which supplies after dinner speakers, of which Bain is one, describe him as "equally charismatic as a speaker on topics such as leadership, change, globalisation and strategy" ^[4]

Affiliations

Chairman of the Institute of Directors

Non-Executive Director of Scottish & Newcastle

Director of Biocon, an international company, registered in India which produces biopharmaceuticals, food additives and industrial enzymes ^[5]

Chairman of The Neville Bain Trust

Chairman of Hogg Robinson until March 2006, a business services company

Board of Directors Safeway 1993-2000,

Notes

^ Scottish & Newcastle

^ The Telegraph 29/11/2001 [The Telegraph] Accessed Feb 2007

^ Palgrave [Palgrave] Accessed Feb 2007

^ The London Speaker Bureau [The London Speaker Bureau] Accessed Jan 2007