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Robert Swannell is Chairman of Marks and Spencer plc and Chairman of the Governing Body of Rugby School.  Robert was previously Chairman of HMV Group PLC, senior independent director of The British Land Company PLC and of 3i Group PLC and a Trustee of Career Academies UK.  He is a member of the Takeover Panel Appeal Board. He has previously been a member of the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the FSA (2001-2005) and a member of the Industrial Development Advisory Board of BERR (Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform) (1999-2008).

Until March 2010, Robert was Senior Adviser, Citigroup Europe.  He was previously Chairman of Citi's European Investment Bank and Vice Chairman Citi Europe, having had a career in investment banking since 1977 when he joined Schroders (acquired by Citigroup in 2000).  Robert is now a member of Citi's European Advisory Board.  Before that, Robert qualified both as a chartered accountant and a barrister.