| Biography | Sir Richard Giordano, KBE's Professional CareerCareer
lawyer Shearman & Sterling NYC 1959-63; Airco Inc: asst sec 1963, gp vice-pres 1967, pres and ceo 1971, chief exec 1978-79; BOC Group: dir following takeover of Airco 1978, gp md and chief exec 1979-91, chm 1985-92 and 1994-96, non-exec dir 1991-96; chm: BG plc (formerly British Gas) 1994-2000, BG Gp plc 2000-04; Grand Metropolitan plc: memb Bd 1985-97, dep chm 1991-97; non-exec dir: National Power plc (formerly CEGB) 1982-92, Georgia Pacific Corp Atlanta GA 1984-, Reuters Holdings plc 1991-94, Lucas Industries plc 1993-94; hon dr commercial sci St John's Univ 1975; hon fell London Business Sch 1994; Hon LLD Univ of Bath 1998 |