Anthony Cleaver

Sir Anthony Cleaver is Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Sir Anthony joined IBM in 1962 and held many positions with the firm in areas ranging from marketing, product management and production scheduling but mostly in line management. His two overseas assignments were to the United States and to the IBM European Headquarters in Paris. On his return to the United Kingdom, Sir Anthony was named General Manager in 1983, Chief Executive in 1986 and Chairman and Chief Executive in 1990. Sir Anthony retired from IBM in 1994.

Sir Anthony became Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in 1993. In 1996 he led the privatisation and subsequent flotation of UKAEA's commercial activities, becoming Chairman of AEA Technology plc - a position he held until the end of 2001.

Affiliations

During his career, Sir Anthony has held an extensive number of positions as Chairman and Director of a variety of international and national companies and institutions,

• IX Europe Plc, stood down as director in September 2007 when Equinix acquired IX
• S Three
• Working Links (Employment) Limited
• Chairman Medical Research Council, appointed by Lord David Sainsbury
• UK eUniversities Worldwide Limited
• General Cable Plc and
• The Strategic Partnership Limited,
• General Accident Plc
• Lockheed Martin UK Limited
• Smith & Nephew Plc, the Government's Asia Pacific Advisers,
• Trade Partners UK
• Government's Industrial Development Advisory Board

He has been a member of the following governmental bodies:

• British Government Panel on Sustainable Development
• Committee on Standards in Public Life (Wicks Committee) from 1998-2003
• Singapore British Business Council
• British Overseas Trade Board

In the field of education and training, Sir Anthony has also founded and chaired numerous establishments

• Honorary Fellow, LLD, DSc and DUniv of a long list of universities and institutes.
• President of the Business Commitment to the Environment
• Director of the UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development
• Founding Chairman of Business in the Environment
• A member of the first Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment
• Chairman of the working party of the Departments of Environment and Trade and Industry on environmental management.
• In 1990 named a member of the United Nations Environment Programme's Global 500 Roll of Honour,
• President of the Classical Association for 1995-96.
• Chairman of the Royal College of Music
• Deputy Chairman of the English National Opera until November 2000 (Director since 1988)
• Former Director of the Association for Business Sponsorship of the Arts