Baroness
(Lucy) Neville-Rolfe, DBE CMG and
Linda Robinson to Join Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company
Board of Directors
TORONTO, Jan. 11, 2019 -- The Thomson Reuters Founders
Share Company today announced that it has appointed Baroness
Neville-Rolfe and Linda Robinson to
its Board of Directors.
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The Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company acts as a guardian of
the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Created during World War II
in 1941, the Trust Principles are designed to preserve Thomson
Reuters independence, integrity and freedom from bias in the
gathering and dissemination of information and news. The new
appointments take immediate effect.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe has served as a member of the UK House of
Lords since 2013 and currently sits on their EU Committee and its
Financial Services Sub-Committee. Between 2014 and 2017 she was a
UK government minister in The Treasury and in the Business and
Culture departments. From 1997 to 2013 she held a variety of roles
at Tesco plc and served on the company's main board from 2006-2013.
Lucy holds and has held a variety of non-executive directorships.
She has been honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services
to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (CMG 2005) and for services
to business and the voluntary sector (DBE 2012).
Throughout her long and success career, Linda has held
leadership positions in operations, risk, governance and control in
international financial services. For 30 years, she served in
various executive roles at Fidelity International, including Chief
Risk Officer and Head of Fund Accounting and Investment Services
Operations for the UK and Continental Europe. In addition to these
business responsibilities, she was also the chair of the company's
Kent Corporate Fund Raising Committee. Linda is currently a
Pension Trustee for the PA Pension Fund, a non-executive Director
for Smith and Williamson Administration Ltd and a Trustee/Governor
for Lingfield College.
Kim Williams, Chairman of the
Founders Share Company's Board, said, "Baroness Neville Rolfe and Linda
Robinson are accomplished leaders with diverse experience
across the public and private sectors. Their long and storied
careers reflect a keen sense of business and society with a
devotion to democracy, diplomacy, commercial acumen and public
service. We are delighted to welcome them to the Founders Share
Company Board of Directors where their skills will supplement those
of their fellow directors in the continuing service of ensuring the
vitality of the Reuters Trust Principles including a primary focus
on Trust, Integrity, Independence and Freedom from Bias in the
output of Reuters News and Media editorial delivery at a time where
those priorities and values have never been more
important."
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