Coutts & Co Trustees (Jersey) has appointed Lord William Waldegrave as Chairman of the Board and Non-executive Director.
Lord Waldegrave of North Hill has a wide ranging academic, political and business background. He is a Distinguished Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and was appointed the Provost of Eton College in 2009. A long and distinguished career in politics included Cabinet posts between 1990 and 1997 as Secretary of State for Health, Secretary of State for Agriculture, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
He entered the House of Lords in 1999, and from 2000 to 2003 was President of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.
He has since served as Vice Chairman of UBS Investment Bank and as Chairman of the Global Financial Institutions Group at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. Most recently, Lord Waldegrave served as a Non-executive Director at Fleming Family & Partners. He is also the Chairman of Coutts & Co.