Sir Ian was Chairman and Chief Executive of Bass PLC and latterly Chairman of InterContinental Hotels until 2003. He was formerly non-executive Deputy Chairman of BP Plc, having joined as a non-executive Director in 1997, and was also senior independent director of GlaxoSmithKline, a non-executive of The Boots Company and of Lloyds TSB. He is Chairman of The Navy Army & Air Force Institutes, Chairman of BP Pension Trustees Ltd and a non-executive director of Sara Lee Corporation.