Sir Anthony Cleaver
Chairman
Biography
Sir Anthony Cleaver is Chairman of EngineeringUK, SThree Plc, Novia Holdings Ltd and Caithness & North Sutherland Regeneration Partnership. He is also a Vice President of the Industrial Trust.
Sir Anthony joined IBM (UK) Ltd in 1962, became General Manager in 1983, Chief Executive in 1986 and Chairman and Chief Executive in 1990.
He then became Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in 1993. In 1996 he led the privatisation and subsequent flotation of UKAEA's commercial activities, becoming Chairman of AEA Technology plc - a position he held until the end of 2001. In 2004, he became the founding Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority from which he retired in 2007.
During his career, Sir Anthony has been Chairman of a number of organisations, including IX Europe Plc, the Medical Research Council, UK eUniversities Worldwide Limited, General Cable Plc,The Strategic Partnership Limited, the Government's Industrial Development Advisory Board, and a non-executive director of General Accident, Smith & Nephew Plc and Lockheed Martin UK Ltd. He has been a member of the British Government Panel on Sustainable Development, the Committee on Standards in Public Life (Nolan Committee), the Singapore British Business Council and the British Overseas Trade Board.
In the field of education and training, Sir Anthony was a founder member of the National Training Task Force and Chairman of its TEC Committee. He was also Chairman of the Independent Assessors of the TECs and a member of NACETT. He chaired the RSA Inquiry into “Tomorrow’s Company” and was, from 1989 to 1999, Chairman of the Governors of Birkbeck College, London. From 1997 to 2002, he was President of the Involvement & Participation Association (IPA), and was, for several years, a member of the PPARC Appointments Committee. Sir Anthony was Chairman of the Council for Excellence in Management and Leadership until May 2002 and President of the Chartered Management Institute for the year 1999/2000.
Sir Anthony is closely involved in the arts, having been Chairman of the Royal College of Music and Deputy Chairman of English National Opera.
