Experience
Find out about the experience of Lord Burns outside of Parliament.
Non political
Ofcom
Chairman
2018 - 2020
Channel 4 Television Corporation
Chairman
2010 - 2016
Marks & Spencer plc
Chairman
2006 - 2008
Banco Santander
Non Executive Director
2004 - 2014
Royal Academy of Music
Chairman of Governing Body
2003 - 2014
Santander UK plc (formerly Abbey National plc)
Chairman
2002 - 2015
Glas Cymrus Limited (Welsh Water)
Chairman
2000 - 2010
The British Land Company plc
Non Executive Director
2000 - 2005
Legal and General Group plc
Non Executive Director
1999 - 2001
Pearson plc
Non Executive Director
1999 - 2010
Public life
Freedom of Information Commission
Chairman
2015 - 2016
Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)
Non Executive Member
2011 -
Structural Review of the Football Association on behalf of the FA
Chairman
2005 - 2006
BBC Charter Review
Independent Adviser to the Secretary of State
2004 - 2006
National Lottery Commission
Chairman
2000 - 2001
Committee of Inquiry into “The Impact of Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales”
Chairman
1999 - 2000
H M Treasury
Permanent Secretary
1991 - 1998
H M Treasury and head of the Government Economic Service
Chief Economic Adviser
1980 - 1991