Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE

Ruby McGregor-Smith is the Board Chair at MindGym. Ruby served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of MindGym from November 2020 before being appointed as Board Chair in July 2021. Ruby is also the President of the British Chambers of Commerce, and appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2015. Ruby is also the Chair of the Air Operators Association and the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education . She is also a non-executive director of the Tideway Tunnel and SNCLavalin Inc. Ruby was the Chief Executive of MITIE Group PLC, the strategic outsourcing company, employing over 65,000 people predominantly in the UK. She is one of a small number of women who have held the position of Chief Executive in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, and is the first Asian woman to be appointed in such a role within that group of companies. She was recognised as a top 50 female world business leader by the FT in 2013. Ruby was also an Independent Non-Executive Director of PageGroup, having been appointed to the Board in May 2007. She chaired the Audit Committee, was a Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees and also latterly their Senior Independent Director. In January 2022, Ruby was appointed as president of the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development. Committee membership: Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and the Audit and Risk Committee.