Lorna Parker

Lorna is Chairman of the Nominations, Appointments and Governance Committee and a member of the Commercial Board, Council KIPs Group, Investments Committee and the People and Remuneration Committee.

An RHS member since her mid-20s, Lorna has been a keen amateur hands-on gardener since this time and has developed and maintained a small central London garden and a larger garden in southwest France.

Lorna’s career has been largely spent in top-level executive search with Spencer Stuart, advising the boards of companies, small and large, private and public, on organisation structure, succession, recruitment and governance. Since retiring from full-time work, she has gained experience as a non-executive director (of Indivior plc), Trustee, School Governor, FTSE 100 board Effectiveness Consultant and an active fundraiser. She is based at CVC Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm, where she is a Senior Advisor.