David became Chair of the Trustees Board on 01 April 2019.

He joined Cranfield in April 2007, after a thirty year career as a social entrepreneur and campaigner for responsible business, diversity, and small business development. This included founding Project North East which has now worked in nearly 60 countries around the world; being the founding CEO of the Prince's Youth Business Trust and serving as a managing-director of Business in the Community.

David has an Honorary Doctorate of Law from London South Bank University and was a visiting Senior Fellow at the CSR Initiative of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard (2005-10).

He has served on various charity and public sector boards over the past 35 years. These have included the boards of the National Co-operative Development Agency, The Prince of Wales' Innovation Trust and the Strategic Rail Authority. He chaired the National Disability Council and the Business Link Accreditation Board; in each case appointed by the Major Government and re-appointed by the Blair administration. David now serves on the board of a financial services company in Asia where he leads on embedding ESG/sustainability and chairs the board’s Group Risk Management Committee.

He has previously chaired the national charity Carers UK and one of the UK's larger social enterprises and largest eldercare providers, Housing 21 during which the organisation made corporate history by becoming the first-ever not-for-profit successfully to acquire a publicly quoted group of companies. David received an OBE for services to industry in 1994 and a CBE for services to disability in 1999. He is a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Management.

David has written a number of books on responsible business and corporate sustainability including most recently: ‘All in - The Future of Business Leadership’ and The Sustainable Business Handbook – both with Chris Coulter and Mark Lee. He is part of the faculty of the Forward Institute and of the Circle of Advisers for Business Fights Poverty.

The Guardian has named David as one of ten top global tweeters on sustainable leadership alongside Al Gore, Tim Cook - CEO of Apple, and Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg.

Mark joined the IBE Board of Trustees in July 2023.

Mark is an independent advisor working with Boards and senior Executives across sectors with a strong focus on professional and financial services. He advises a purpose-led culture consultancy that seeks to help business work for the world and advises client service teams in professional services on their strategic client mandate, building trusted client relationships and living their own and their client’s organisational purpose.

For 20 years Mark was a partner at PwC, where he led the firm’s People and Organisation (P&O) practice in the UK. He established the global P&O practice in the early 2000s and was a member of the global Consulting Leadership Team and led the consumer and industrial products and services consulting practice. He led PwC’s services and relationships globally with the world’s largest-producing oil major. His reputation was as the ‘go to’ partner for clients requiring a major organisational reset in response to an ethics, regulatory or performance failure.

Mark is a Fellow of the ICAEW and a member of the Global Association of Applied Behavioural Science. He holds a Leadership Circle Profile Certification, and a Masters in Organisational Change from HEC, Paris and Oxford University. He is married with four children and lives in the North West of England, where he is a governor of two local schools.

Why I chose the IBE...

I chose to apply to act as an IBE trustee because ethical business is good business. Ethical business is easy to espouse but requires a strong sense of self and organisational purpose, and the tools to apply it in challenging dilemmas and, these days, under a relentless spotlight. This has been the golden thread of my career and the IBE plays an important role in supporting business in this key domain.

Loree joined the IBE Board of Trustees in October 2019.

Loree is a Partner in the Deloitte Sustainability practice. She has core sustainability competencies across all elements of ESG having worked with the institutional investor client base for more than 20 years to champion a more equal balance between the interests of shareholders and broader stakeholders, and to disclose and implement transparent outcome-based transition plans. Loree has also contributed to multiple publications on effective stewardship, good reporting, ethical leadership, sustainability and long-term value.

More specifically, Loree is passionate about increasing the resilience and the value of biodiversity & nature across the ecosystem as well as being keenly focused on the role AI can play in driving positive outcomes in the area of social and human rights - using AI for good.

In a personal capacity, Loree is a active conservation volunteer with the Royal Parks and Chairman of the ICAS Ethics Board.

Loree has a Master Business Administration (MBA) from Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM), holds an Executive Education Certificate in Sustainable Finance from INSEAD and has recently completed the Artificial Intelligence (AI) diploma at the University of Oxford - Said Business School.

Why I chose the IBE...

For me, becoming a Trustee at the IBE, is aligned with my personal purpose and enables me to further contribute to promoting high standards of ethical values and behaviours across business, more broadly. The role of the IBE will become increasingly more important as businesses and business leaders evolve to meet expectations of a wider set of stakeholders (beyond just shareholders).

Siwan joined the IBE Board of Trustees in July 2023.

Siwan is the Global Governance Director for Supplier Partner Programs at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions. A Fellow Chartered Accountant, with over twenty years of experience in both practice and industry, Siwan has spent the last eight years working in procurement, setting up
supply chain risk functions and, more recently, exploring the impact of sustainability on supplier selection as part of completing her MBA studies.

Siwan has practical hands-on experience in navigating ethical issues within the supply chain and the challenges of balancing risk, responsibility and resources across global, multi-tiered supplier bases.

Why I chose the IBE...

Throughout my career to date, and more recently in my latter roles of working in supply chain risk, ethics has increasingly straddled many commercial discussions and has often been surprisingly one of the least black-and-white areas to navigate. Whilst at some of the previous organisations I have worked with, we often sought guidance and expertise from the IBE and found it a very valuable resource and so I am thrilled to be able to contribute to continuing to build and develop this great institute.

Tim joined the IBE Board of Trustees in October 2019.

Tim Langton is Chief Compliance Officer at the Wella Company.

Tim is a respected ethics and compliance professional with more than 20 years’ experience of building, running and leading ethics and compliance functions, teams and programmes in medium to very large international global businesses in numerous sectors including: energy, utilities, manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, financial information and news, technology, industrial gases, materials handling and logistics.

Tim has also managed large change and culture programmes across complex global companies. Tim has designed, built and managed ethics and compliance programmes of all shapes and sizes, covering all aspects - including risk management programmes, codes of conduct, whistleblowing lines, corporate values, training, ethics registers and all investigations. Tim has also managed and led functions and teams of all sizes and rationalized functions and programmes in challenging cost environments.

Tim has designed and implemented tailored programmes to ensure bribery, competition/anti-trust, money laundering, trade regulation/sanctions, data protection and conduct risks are effectively managed.

Tim has wide experience in bribery risk, creating ABC programmes from scratch in global multinationals and having worked with the UK Government (Ministry of Justice) during the creation of the Bribery Act, helping to draft the adequate procedures guidance.

Tim has managed disclosures and notifications to various global regulators in numerous jurisdictions around the globe. He has selected, on-boarded and facilitated the work programmes of monitors appointed by various U.S. Government Departments (Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission and Environmental Protection Agency).

Tim qualified as a Barrister in 1991 and as a Solicitor in 1998.

Why I chose the IBE...

After many years of receiving really good counsel and wisdom from the IBE, the opportunity to serve as a trustee and give something in return was too good miss. These are big times for those working in the ethics and compliance professions and the IBE has a big role in the near future.

Sarah joined the IBE Board of Trustees in July 2023.

Sarah is a VP of Internal Audit & Risk Management with over 25 years’ experience in the commercial sector, with extensive knowledge of effective governance. After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in Mathematics, Sarah joined Ernst & Young where she trained as a Chartered Accountant and moved into Business Risk Consulting. She worked for Centrica where she led the Internal Audit function for their upstream and trading businesses. During 2020, she joined a privately owned company to set up their Internal Audit and Risk Management functions and oversee these through a transition to becoming FTSE listed. Sarah was a school governor for 8 years, where she chaired the finance committee.

Outside of work, Sarah likes running, singing and gardening and enjoys spending time with her three teenage daughters.

Why I chose the IBE...

I passionately believe in the importance of clear, strong values and ethics across the world of business. My career has been focused on assurance and controls but with an increasing appreciation that an ethical culture is a necessity from which to build a responsible and resilient business. My focus and influence to-date has primarily been within the organisations where I have been employed but I am keen to broaden my impact which I believe involvement with the IBE would allow. I believe the IBE can have a positive impact on society through ensuring ethics remain high on the corporate agenda over the next five years.

Biren joined the IBE Board of Trustees in July 2023.

Biren is a seasoned management consultant with extensive experience in the field of technology transformation and business strategy. Throughout his years within the consulting and industry, such as Accenture, American Express, UnitedHealth Group and others, Biren has worked with companies, helping them challenge industry orthodoxies, reinvent themselves, and deliver value to customers through people and technology transformation.

Biren is passionate about creating a human-centric inclusive ecosystem with a keen focus on change management, enhancing experience and leveraging the benefits of automation, AI and other latest technology trends. Unique blend of experience across India, USA, Southeast Asia and UK, he has successfully led complex global transformation programs, placing a strong focus on digital HR, wellbeing, employee experience, automation, and analytics.

Biren has an MBA in Finance and possesses Masters in AI from Oxford University. He holds certifications in Design Thinking, Google Cloud Digital Leader, Lean Six Sigma and Emotional Intelligence.

Biren is an advocate of diversity, equity and inclusivity and authors articles on AI Ethics focusing on ensuring data representation of marginalised population within datasets to make AI to safeguard processes to deliver ethical solutions.

Biren lives in London. He is a concept artist and enjoys creative pursuits and uses photography, sculptures, and multi-medium art forms for storytelling.

Why I chose the IBE...

I firmly believe that ethical business is not just being morally right but also essential for long-term organisational success. I am driven by the desire to contribute to the advancement of AI ethics guidelines and frameworks, ensuring that technology is developed and utilised in a responsible and inclusive manner. With the IBE's important role in supporting businesses in this critical domain, I am excited to collaborate with like-minded individuals and make a positive impact on the future AI ethics.

Meriem joined the IBE Board of Trustees in July 2023.

An experienced negotiator and deal maker, Meriem is a finance professional with 22 years combined experience in international Private Equity and Investment Banking. An LSE graduate, Meriem initially joined the Mergers & Acquisitions Department of Citigroup London, where she executed numerous transactions across various sectors in emerging markets before moving into private equity - first as an investment professional with leading emerging markets investment firm Actis Capital, mainly focused on originating and executing private equity transactions in Africa, and subsequently joined energy-focused private equity fund manager Kerogen Capital. She was most recently a Partner at Ethos, a leading alternative investment manager in Africa.

Meriem also spent 6 years at French investment bank Natixis in both Hong Kong and London firstly as Head of M&A Asia Pacific and later as the Global Head of Private Equity coverage.

Throughout her career, Meriem has been an active advocate of diversity and equal opportunities in finance and successfully implemented a “returnship” program within Natixis Asia to allow professionals to reintegrate into the workplace. 

Meriem is born and brought up in Tunisia, Africa – lived and worked in the UK, France and Hong Kong and speaks fluent Arabic, French and English. Meriem is also an internationally certified yoga teacher and the proud mother of two daughters.

Why I chose the IBE...

Serving as a trustee at the IBE is totally aligned with my values and an opportunity for me to give back to the community and contribute with my experience - particularly in Africa and more broadly emerging markets - to promoting more ethical standards and supporting the implementation of frameworks to help create a positive working environment and ensure companies follow high standards of business behaviour.

Louise joined the IBE Trustee Board in October 2019.

Louise Terry is a corporate communications specialist who has spent her career managing the reputations of some of the world’s leading businesses. She started her career in agencies before moving in-house to become Head of Communications for Coca-Cola and then Group Communications Director of L’Oréal UK.

As well as protecting and enhancing those corporate brands, an important part of her role was to instil a strong and positive corporate culture where ethical business practices were embedded throughout the organisation. While at L’Oréal, she was part of the international team that managed the integration of The Body Shop into the L’Oréal family in 2006 and she went on to be Global Head of Communications for The Body Shop in 2012.

Louise has also served as Deputy Chair of Save the Children, a leading charity which helps to change the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable children and as Deputy Chair of the Royal Institution.

She now works as a consultant to businesses, most recently Unilever, where she created a new ethical marketing code for skin lightening products in Asia. Louise holds an MA in Modern Languages from the University of Cambridge.

Why I chose the IBE...

I wanted to become a trustee of IBE because I believe passionately that ethical behaviour is key to building successful and sustainable businesses, which in turn support a strong society. I have spent my career working to build a positive, ethics based culture within businesses and I am looking forward to working with IBE to raise the profile of this important subject.

Mike joined the Board of Trustees in July 2017.

A chartered accountant by profession, Mike’s career has covered all three sectors, private, public and voluntary.

In business, Mike is co-founder of Corporate Citizenship, an international management consultancy specialising in sustainability and corporate responsibility, where he advises clients on sustainable business strategies. He began his career as a trainee at KPMG, having graduated from Durham University with an economics degree.

In public service, Mike has been local councillor and council leader, and served for a decade on the London Assembly where he was appointed by Mayors Livingstone and Johnson to the London Sustainable Development Commission. Currently he is treasurer of the New Economic Foundation and chair of The Restart Project, a social enterprise helping people take action to reduce electronic waste.

Previously he worked as director of a national charity, Action Resource Centre, now part of Business in the Community. Married with a family, Mike lives in south London and blogs regularly at miketuffrey.com

With over 30 years’ of experience working in multilingual and multicultural contexts, Fabiola has gained a broad experience in Human Resources and Business Transformation in private and public sectors, including McKinsey & Company, L’Oréal Group and the Department of Work and Pensions.  She has been the Chief People Officer at McArthurGlen since 2019.  She has consistently developed and led new people strategies implementing systems change, business and culture transformation, Leadership Development, Inclusion, Equity & Diversity, Engagement and Performance Management.

She holds an M.Sc. In Organisational Change from Ashridge Business School and a BA in French and Italian with Double Honours from the University of Manchester. She speaks several languages and holds qualifications in Action Learning and a number of professional development tools.

She has focussed increasingly on human psychology, behavioural change and complex, adaptive systems. In her work she has sought to bring out the human aspects of business and leadership, especially in development and culture, to enable people to collaborate for positive change.

Why I chose the IBE...

We are living in a fast-changing world, with rapid evolutions in science, technology and disruption to social and natural systems which require ever greater human attention and sensitivity. It is imperative to work together to understand how we can bring the best out in humanity both in society and in the workplace. The work of the IBE is critical to ensuring we learn and make the best choices we can.  I have always worked hard to improve standards in leadership and values and bring innovative approaches for teams to build and grow ethical and profitable businesses. I am very excited to be joining the important mission of the IBE and working with its experienced and passionate members.