Will Samuel

Will Samuel is Chairman of the Tilney Smith & Williamson group. He is also Chairman of John Laing. Prior to this he was Chairman of TSB Bank plc, which he took through IPO after its de-merger from Lloyds Bank plc, Chairman of Howdens Joinery Group, Chairman of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group plc, Chairman of H P Bulmer plc, Deputy Chairman of Inchcape plc, Senior Advisor to Lazard & Co Ltd and Senior Advisor to the Prudential Regulation Authority (formerly the Financial Services Authority), a director of Schroders plc, Co-Chief Executive Officer at Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (a division of Citigroup Inc), a Non-Executive director of the Edinburgh Investment Trust plc and a Trustee and Honorary Treasurer of International Alert.

Mr Samuel is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has a First Class Honours Degree in Chemistry from Durham University and a Degree in Mathematics from the Open University.