Sir Alan Rudge is the Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director on the Board of Experian Plc. He is a past Chairman of ERA Technology Ltd and was Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 until July 2012 and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Surrey until December 2007. Sir Alan was Deputy Chief. Executive of British Telecommunications until 1997 and then Chairman of WS Atkins until 2001. He was Chief Executive and then President of Celtel International BV and Special Adviser to General Atlantic Partners until 2004. He was Chairman of the ERA Foundation from its formation until December 2012, after which he was appointed as the Foundation’s President.. 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.
