Colin Sharman, Baron Sharman

Colin Morven Sharman, Baron Sharman of Redlynch in the County of Wiltshire, OBE ( born 19 February 1943 ) is a British managers and politicians of the Liberal Democrats, the CEO of KPMG was, among others, between 1997 and 1999 and since 1999 as a Life Peer member of the House of Lords.

Life

Auditors and climb to the Chairman of KPMG

After going to school and studying Sharman resigned after his admission as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales1965 sworn auditor in the company Woolgar Hennel & Co a, but changed already one year later in 1966 as an auditor at KPMG and dealt 1977 to 1981 with expansion of the company in the Benelux and Scandinavia. For his services he was in 1980 awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire. Subsequently, he was responsible for major investments in London until 1987 and from 1987 to 1990 Senior Partner of the National Marketing and industry groups as well as Chairman of the Marketing Committee of KPMG.

In addition, Sharman functioned between 1989 and 1990 as a senior partner for management consultancy and was then 1990-1994 Senior Partner of KPMG for the regions Greater London and South East England. He was also in this period between 1991 and 1994 Chairman of KPMG Management Consultancy International. This was followed by an activity from 1994 to 1998 as a senior partner of KPMG UK, before he was last seen between 1997 and 1999 Chairman of KPMG International. In addition, he was from 1996 to 2002 Member of the Board of AEA Technology plc.

House of Lords member

By Letters Patent of 2 August 1999, Sharman was that since 1998 "ambassadors" of Merseyside and in 1998 an honorary doctorate from Cranfield University was awarded, as a life peer with the title Baron Sharman of Redlynch in the County of Wiltshire in the ennobled. 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 Liberal Democrats.

In the following years, he held various positions in the private sector and was, among others, between 1999 and 2008 CEO of Aegis Group, as well as 1999-2002 Board member of Young & Co 's Brewery. He is also a board member since 2000, BG Group, and since 2002 by Reed Elsevier and was also from 2003 to 2005 member of the board of G4S. Since 2006 he has been Chairman of Aviva