Sir Alan Rudge is the Senior Independent Director on the Board of Experian Group Limited and Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.  He is a past Chairman of ERA Technology Ltd and until December 2007 was a Pro-Chancellor of the University of Surrey.  He was Deputy Chief Executive of BT until 1997 and was subsequently Chairman of WS Atkins until 2001, Chief Executive and then President of Celtel International BV and Special Adviser to General Atlantic Partners until 2004.

Sir Alan is a former Chairman of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, a past President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Chairman of the Engineering Council. He has served on a number of national committees including the Government’s Advisory Committee on Science and Technology.