Robert Webb

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Robert Webb QC is general counsel at Rolls Royce, and a non-executive director at corporate intelligence agency Hakluyt and the London Stock Exchange.

Career

Having read law at university, Webb was called to the Bar in 1971 and appointed a QC in 1988. He was Head of Chambers, 5 Bell Yard between 1988-1998 and a Recorder of the Crown Court from 1993-1998.[1]

Webb has help positions as a non-executive director of the BBC's Executive Board, Non-executive Chairman of BBC Worldwide and was Chairman of the BBC Commercial Holdings Board. He was General Counsel at British Airways from 1998 to 2009.[1]

He is now General Counsel at Rolls Royce (from 2012), Non-Executive Director of Hakluyt (from 2005) and is Non-Executive Director at the London Stock Exchange (from 2001).[2]

Education

Read law at Exeter University.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Robert Webb profile The BBC, Updated February 2010, Accessed 23 September 2014
  2. Robert Webb profile Rolls Royce, Accessed 23 September 2014