Sir Peter Bonfield
Sir Peter Bonfield began his career with Texas Instruments, based in the US.

After various design, manufacturing and management roles he joined the computer company ICL plc in 1981 as Group Marketing Director and member of the main board.

In 1984 he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of ICL after its merger with STC, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer.

In 1987 he was also appointed Deputy Chief Executive of STC plc.

In 1990 as Chairman and CEO of ICL, he introduced the Fujitsu Group as a major shareholder to create one of the largest mainframe computer makers outside the US.

In 1996 Sir Peter was appointed CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of British Telecommunications, where he served until early 2002. During his tenure, BT was the world's fifth largest telecommunications company, employing over 130,000 people.

Board Mandates
Sir Peter is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NXP in the Netherlands. Sir Peter holds Directorships on the boards of Sony Corporation in Japan, L.M. Ericsson in Sweden, US based Mentor Graphics Corporation Inc., Dubai International Capital LLC, Taiwan based semi-conductor company T.S.M.C., where he is also Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Actis Capital LLP, London.

Sir Peter is a member of the Citigroup International Advisory Board, Sony Corporation Advisory Board, New Venture Partners LLP Advisory Board, Apax Partners Worldwide LLP Adviser and The Longreach Group Advisory Board. He is also Vice-President of the British Quality Foundation and Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering.

His career has included Senior Independent Directorship of AstraZeneca, Directorships on the boards of the Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, B.I.C.C., D.E.S.C. and mm02.

He has also been a member of the Trilateral Commission, The European Round Table (Steering Group), The High Level Working Group of the European Information Society, the EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table and the Civil Service College Advisory Board.

Awards
Sir Peter was knighted in 1996, awarded the CBE in 1989, and has received honorary doctorates from eleven universities. He was voted one of the top 25 managers of 1996
by 'Business Week'.