Alexander Leitch, Baron Leitch
Alexander " Sandy" Park Leitch, Baron Leitch of Oakley in Fife ( born October 20, 1947) is a British Labour Party politician and manager, who is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 2004.
Life
Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Company
After schooling Leitch, who is since 1966 a member of the British Computer Society ( BCS) was, in 1969 Chief System Developer at National Mutual Life Insurance Company and transferred in 1971 to the insurer Hambro Life, in which he was a board member in 1981. After the takeover by Allied Dunbar plc, he was there in 1988 only manager, then in 1990 Deputy Chairman and in 1993 Chief Executive Officer ( CEO), before a 1996-1998 Chairman of the Board of Allied Dunbar Assurance plc and also CEO of British American Financial Services Ltd, subsidiary of British American Tobacco was. At the same time Leitch was between 1994 and 2003 CEO of Dunbar Bank, and from 1996 to 2004der Eagle Star Holdings plc and also at the same time by Threadneedle Asset Management.
1998 also he transferred as CEO Zurich Financial Services and has held this position until 2004. Besides he was from 1998 to 2000 Chairman of the Association of British Insurers ( Association of British Insurers ) and between 1997 and 1998 member of the board of BAT Industries plc. During this time, he was from 1997 to 2004 vice-president of business organization Business in the Community as well as between 1999 and 2003 Trustee of the National Gallery of Scotland and also from 2000 to 2004 Trustee of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Furthermore, Leitch committed from 1999 to 2000 as chairman of the charity SANE, and between 2000 and 2001 as Chairman of the Pension Protection and Investment Accreditation Board and at the same time the working group, which was launched by Prime Minister Tony Blair 's New Deal policies of the Labour government.
Following Leitch, of the Prince of Wales Ambassador 's Award for Charitable Work was awarded in 2001, was between 2001 and 2007 Chairman of the Roundtable of National Employment ( National Employment Panel). Since 2002 he serves as Vice - Chairman of the Education Fund of the Commonwealth of Nations and in 2002 not only Freeman of London, but also a member of the Livery Company the Worshipful Company of Insurers. He also acted in 2004 as Vice President of Health Care Organization UK.
House of Lords member and other functions in the private sector
By Letters Patent of 7 June 2004 Leitch was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Leitch of Oakley in Fife to the peerage. Shortly afterwards, was his introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house he belongs to the Group of the Labour Party.
Lord Leitch, who from 2004 to 2005, Chairman of the National Balance Charitable Foundation for Unclaimed Assets and 2005 presented the eponymous report on the capabilities of Great Britain ( Leitch Review of UK Skills ), since 2005 CEO of Intrinsic Financial Services and since 2006 of the healthcare company Bupa, and since 2007 by Scottish Widows. In addition, since 2005 he is member of the board of United Business Media and Lloyds TSB and since 2006 by Paternoster Press.