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[[Robert Haldane Smith]], Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 08 August 1944) is a Scottish businessman, a life peer, former BBC National Governor for Scotland and chair of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland.<ref name="BBC">''BBC'', "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/07_july/29/smith.shtml Sir Robert Smith to stand down as BBC National Governor for Scotland]," Press Office 29 July 2004, accessed21 February 2011.</ref> He was introduced as a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords on Monday 14 July 2008 with the title The Lord Smith of Kelvin.
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{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}{{‪Template:Fracking badge‬}}[[Robert Haldane Smith]], Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 08 August 1944) is a Scottish businessman, a life peer, former BBC National Governor for Scotland and chair of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland.<ref name="BBC">''BBC'', "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/07_july/29/smith.shtml Sir Robert Smith to stand down as BBC National Governor for Scotland]," Press Office 29 July 2004, accessed21 February 2011.</ref> He was introduced as a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords on Monday 14 July 2008 with the title The Lord Smith of Kelvin.
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He was chairman of Scottish-based engineering company The [[Weir Group]] from 2002 until the end of 2013.
  
  
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*'''BBC''', National Governor for Scotland and Chair of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland (1999-2004)<ref name="BBC"/>
 
*'''BBC''', National Governor for Scotland and Chair of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland (1999-2004)<ref name="BBC"/>
 
*'''[[Scottish and Southern Energy]]''', Non-executive Director (June 2003-June 2005), Chairman (June 2005- )<ref name="SSE">SSE, [http://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/SSEInternet/index.aspx?hideRightCol=1&id=402&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetID=402&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetType=1&TierSlicer1_TSMenuID=6 Our Board > Lord Smith of Kelvin - Chairman], accessed 21 February 2011.</ref>
 
*'''[[Scottish and Southern Energy]]''', Non-executive Director (June 2003-June 2005), Chairman (June 2005- )<ref name="SSE">SSE, [http://www.scottish-southern.co.uk/SSEInternet/index.aspx?hideRightCol=1&id=402&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetID=402&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetType=1&TierSlicer1_TSMenuID=6 Our Board > Lord Smith of Kelvin - Chairman], accessed 21 February 2011.</ref>
*'''[[Weir Group PLC]]''', Chairman (July 2002- )<ref>BBC Governors Archive, [http://www.bbcgovernorsarchive.co.uk/annreport/report03/governors_details.txt Board of Governors > 4 Annual Report and Accounts 2002/2003], accessed 21 February 2011.</ref>
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*'''[[Weir Group PLC]]''', Chairman (July 2002-2013 )<ref>BBC Governors' Archive, [http://www.bbcgovernorsarchive.co.uk/annreport/report03/governors_details.txt Board of Governors > 4 Annual Report and Accounts 2002/2003], accessed 21 February 2011.</ref>
 
*'''[[Standard Bank Group Ltd]]''', Non-executive Director (2003- )<ref name="Scotland">Scottish Government, "[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/02/07161157/Q/Video/443 Chair appointed to help deliver 2014 Games]," News Release 07 February 2008, accessed 21 February 2011.</ref>
 
*'''[[Standard Bank Group Ltd]]''', Non-executive Director (2003- )<ref name="Scotland">Scottish Government, "[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/02/07161157/Q/Video/443 Chair appointed to help deliver 2014 Games]," News Release 07 February 2008, accessed 21 February 2011.</ref>
 
*'''[[Aegon UK PLC]]''', Non-executive Director (2002- )<ref name="Scotland"/>
 
*'''[[Aegon UK PLC]]''', Non-executive Director (2002- )<ref name="Scotland"/>
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*'''Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland''', President (1996-1997)<ref>FSA, [http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/annual/ar1999_00.pdf Annual Report 1999/2000], accessed 21 February 2011.</ref>
 
*'''Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland''', President (1996-1997)<ref>FSA, [http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/annual/ar1999_00.pdf Annual Report 1999/2000], accessed 21 February 2011.</ref>
 
*'''[[Financial Services Authority]]''', Board Member (December 1997-December 2000)<ref name="Who">''Who's Who 2009'', [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U35482 Smith of Kelvin], online edition, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 March 2009.</ref>
 
*'''[[Financial Services Authority]]''', Board Member (December 1997-December 2000)<ref name="Who">''Who's Who 2009'', [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U35482 Smith of Kelvin], online edition, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 March 2009.</ref>
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*'''Chairman, [[UK Green Investment Bank]] plc<ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-smith-of-kelvin/3856 Lord Smith of Kelvin] ''Parliament.UK'', accessed 23 December 2014 </ref>
  
 
==Record and Controversies==
 
==Record and Controversies==
 
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*Before joining the FSA Smith worked at [[ICFC]] (now 3i), the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]], [[Charterhouse Development Capital Ltd]], [[Morgan Grenfell Private Equity]], [[Morgan Grenfell Asset Management]], [[MFI Furniture Group plc]], [[Stakis PLC]], [[Tip Europe PLC]] and [[Network Rail]]. He subsequently became Vice Chairman of [[Deutsche Asset Management]], Chairman of The [[Weir Group PLC]] and Scottish and Southern Energy and a non-Executive Director of [[3i Group PLC]], [[Standard Bank Group Ltd]], and [[Aegon UK PLC]].<ref name="Who"/>
 
*Before joining the FSA Smith worked at [[ICFC]] (now 3i), the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]], [[Charterhouse Development Capital Ltd]], [[Morgan Grenfell Private Equity]], [[Morgan Grenfell Asset Management]], [[MFI Furniture Group plc]], [[Stakis PLC]], [[Tip Europe PLC]] and [[Network Rail]]. He subsequently became Vice Chairman of [[Deutsche Asset Management]], Chairman of The [[Weir Group PLC]] and Scottish and Southern Energy and a non-Executive Director of [[3i Group PLC]], [[Standard Bank Group Ltd]], and [[Aegon UK PLC]].<ref name="Who"/>
 
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Robert Haldane Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 08 August 1944) is a Scottish businessman, a life peer, former BBC National Governor for Scotland and chair of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland.[1] He was introduced as a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords on Monday 14 July 2008 with the title The Lord Smith of Kelvin.

He was chairman of Scottish-based engineering company The Weir Group from 2002 until the end of 2013.


Affiliations

Record and Controversies

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Resources

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 BBC, "Sir Robert Smith to stand down as BBC National Governor for Scotland," Press Office 29 July 2004, accessed21 February 2011.
  2. SSE, Our Board > Lord Smith of Kelvin - Chairman, accessed 21 February 2011.
  3. BBC Governors' Archive, Board of Governors > 4 Annual Report and Accounts 2002/2003, accessed 21 February 2011.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Scottish Government, "Chair appointed to help deliver 2014 Games," News Release 07 February 2008, accessed 21 February 2011.
  5. FSA, Annual Report 1999/2000, accessed 21 February 2011.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Who's Who 2009, Smith of Kelvin, online edition, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 March 2009.
  7. Lord Smith of Kelvin Parliament.UK, accessed 23 December 2014