Brian McBride

Brian is currently Chair of Trainline plc and a senior adviser at Scottish Equity Partners. He recently concluded his role as Lead non-Executive Director on the Board of the Ministry of Defence, an appointment made by the UK Prime Minister. As President of the CBI from 2022 - 2024, he also led the organisation through its recent issues enabling it to rebuild under new leadership. Brian was Chairman of ASOS plc from 2012 to 2018, CEO of Amazon in the UK from 2006 to 2011 and served as a non-Executive Director on the Board of the BBC. He also held senior roles at IBM in USA and UK, at Dell Computers and as Managing Director of T-Mobile in the UK.