Career
Accountant, consultant Ernst & Young LLP. Partner Ernst & Young Australia, Sydney, 1980—2003, chairman, insurance practice group, 1989—1998. Chairman, global insurance practice Ernst & Young LLP, 1991—2000.
Head, Economic and Domestic Secretariat Cabinet Office, 1994—1995. Vice president, chief staff to president World Bank, 1995—1996. Secretary Welsh Office, 1996—1999, Department of Work and Pensions, 1999—2002, Department of Transport, 1999—2002.
Deputy governor, Monetary Stability Bank of England, 2003—2008. Board directors Household Bank Holdings plc, The Scottish American Investment Company PLC, Arana Therapeutics Proprietary Ltd., 2004—2007, Suncorp-Metway Ltd, since 2003, Abacus Property Group, since 2007, GWA Group Ltd., since 2007, Reinsurance Group of America, since 2009.