25/03/2026
Our Chair was invited to the Non-Executive Director Awards at last week. The NED Awards celebrate two decades of strong governance, dedicated stewardship, and unwavering integrity and honour outstanding non-executive directors and Chairs across UK business and not-for-profit sectors. It was a pleasure to celebrate the winners with Steven Fine, CEO of Peel Hunt and Graham Durgan, International Chair and Judge of the NED Awards.
Congratulations to all Winners of 2026:
FTSE 100 Chair
George Culmer, Aviva
FTSE 100 NED
Tanuj Kapilashrami, Sainsbury’s
FTSE All Share
Leslie Vande Walle, Greencore
FTSE AIM
Ilse Howling, Frontier Developments
Dame Helen Alexander ‘NED to Watch’
Alys Carlton, Football Association of Wales
Private/Private Equity Backed
Nicholas Thain, Amerge
Not–for–Profit/Public Service Organisation
Karen Frank, British Heart Foundation
Ftse100