Seymour Fortescue

Seymour Fortescue has been announced as the new chairman of the Portman Group the former Chief Executive of the Banking Code Standards Board is the first board member appointed from out with the alcohol industry elite.

This article is part of the Spinwatch public health oriented Alcohol Portal project.

Past & Present positions

• Barclays Bank, Head of Marketing, Chief Executive of Barclaycard and Director Personal Sector, he worked for Barclays for 26 years, leaving in 1991.
• Visa International, Director
• Mercantile Credit, Director
• BACS, Director
• Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Finance & Fundraising Director since 1991
• Health Education Authority, Chief Executive
• Banking Code Standards Board, Became first Chief Executive in 1999

Affiliations

• Council member of London University
• Member of the Court of Grocers Company
• Chairman of the charity BookPower
• Chairman of the private sector UK Migrant Remittances Task Force set up by the ]]Department for International Development]]
• Board member of the Commercial Landlords Accreditation Scheme