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,
Controversies
COATS, the British thread maker, is being heavily fined by the European Union for operating cartels in the sector going back to 1990. Last year it was fined for its involvement in what was dubbed the “needles and pins” cartel case, although Guinness Peat, which now owns the business, is appealing against the scale of the fine. Much of the time Coats was indulging in this market-rigging, the company was run by Neville Bain, who went on to preside over a disastrous period in the history of the Post Office. [6]
Notes
- ^ Scottish & Newcastle [Scottish & Newcastle Board of Directors] Accessed Jan 2007.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Times [The Times 15/09/2005] Accessed Feb 2007
- ^ Boicon [Biocon Board of Directors] Accessed Jan 2007.
