Brian McBride
Biography
Brian McBride is Chair at Trainline PLC. He is Lead Non-Executive Director on the Board of the UK’s Ministry of Defence, a UK Government appointment and he is also a Senior Adviser with Scottish Equity Partners.
Brian stepped down as President of the CBI in February 2024. He was Chairman of ASOS from 2012 to 2018. He was CEO of Amazon.co.uk from 2006 to 2011. He held senior roles at IBM in USA and UK, Dell Computers and as Managing Director of T-Mobile (UK). He has been a Non-Executive Director of Celtic Football Club PLC, SThree PLC, Computacenter PLC, AO.com, Kinnevik AB, Abrdn PLC and has served as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the BBC, a member of the UK Government Digital Advisory Board, and a Senior Adviser to Lazard’s Global Financial Advisory business.
Lead Non-Executive Board Member
The Lead Non-Executive Board Member:
- provides an independent and objective perspective on Defence Board business
- works closely with the Defence Secretary, the Permanent Secretary and other members of the board to ensure that it provides clear and effective leadership for the department
- takes an active role in assessing and improving the Board’s performance
- leads the non-executive team and has a direct line of access to the government’s Lead Non-Executive
All of this is aimed at ensuring good practice and strengthening corporate leadership across government.