Robert S. Webb

Robert Webb, is Chairman of Darktrace, Chairman of Luminance and a Director of Holdingham Group Ltd (formerly Hakluyt) as well as a Senior Advisor at Brunswick LLP. He is a Door Tenant of Brick Court Chambers. Until 1998, Robert was a practicing Barrister, a Recorder and Head of Chambers at 5 Bell Yard, London. His field of practice was commercial law, aviation law and mass disaster litigation. From 1998 to 2009 he was General Counsel of British Airways. He is also a past Chairman of BBC Worldwide and of Autonomy plc, a former Senior Independent Director of the London Stock Exchange and a former Director of Argent Ltd and of Air Mauritius. He was General Counsel of Rolls-Royce Plc (2012-16). He is a Bencher of the Inner Temple, a former Trustee of Comic Relief and a former Fellow of UNICEF.