David Bell (Financial Times)
Sir David Bell Chairman, Financial Times Group. Bell has been with the Financial Times for 22 years. In 1993 he became its Chief Executive, and was made a Director of Pearson in March 1996. He is Pearson's 'Director for People' with responsibility for the recruitment, motivation, development and reward of employees across the Pearson Group and is currently a Civil Service Commissioner. Bell is also Non-Executive Director for Vitec plc and Non-Executive Chairman of The Windmill Partnership.
Bell is part of the ImagineNations™ Group headed by Jacob Schimmel, chairman of UKI Investments, the Schimmel family’s (and one of the UK's largest) private real estate companies with interests in real estate, financial services, technology, aviation, tourism and telecommunications. The family’s business interests are centered in the United Kingdom, France and Israel with growing involvement in Eastern Europe and the United States. Recently, Schimmel has been involved in the purchase of IDB Holding Corporation Ltd., one of the largest business enterprises in Israel. The IDB Group, which encapsulates more than 200 companies, has leadership positions in almost every field of Israeli industry, including telecommunications, finance, real estate, retail, building materials and technology.
A trustee of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation and Zen Research
