Sam Laidlaw

Laidlaw as CEO of Centrica at a CBI Higher Education taskforce meeting, London, July 2009

Sam Laidlaw is on the board of bank HSBC Holdings plc.

He is the former CEO of energy giant Centrica plc and the former lead non-executive board member of the UK Department for Transport.

Background

Laidlaw is a qualified solicitor and has a Master's degree in Business Administration from INSEAD in France.

Career

Other previous roles include executive vice president of Chevron Corporation; non-executive director of Hanson PLC; chief executive officer of Enterprise Oil plc; and president and chief operating officer of Amerada Hess Corporation.

He is also a former member of the UK Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group.

HSBC

Laidlaw was appointed to board of HSBC in 2008, and is currently an independent non-executive director, member of the group remuneration committee and the nomination committee.

Lobbyists

• Bell Pottinger Public Affairs (circa February 2013)