John Paynter

Non-Executive

John Paynter was appointed a Non-Executive Director in October 2008. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk and Nominations Committees.

A barrister, John joined Cazenove & Co in 1979 and became a partner in the firm in 1986 and Head of Corporate Finance in 1995. He became Vice Chairman of the JP Morgan Cazenove investment banking joint venture on its creation in March 2005 and retired in July 2008 following a 29 year career in the City during which he advised on many landmark transactions and advised some of the UK's largest companies, including many in the banking and insurance sectors.

He is a non-executive director of Standard Chartered plc, Standard Life plc and is chairman of Standard Life Investments Holdings Limited.  He is also a senior advisor to Greenhill & Co International.

 

John Paynter