John Longworth

John Longworth (appointed in 2009) was originally a scientist. He is designate Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (from September 2011). He was an Executive Main Board Director of Asda Group Ltd and Asda Financial Services Ltd and held senior director positions at Tesco Stores Ltd and the CWS Ltd. His public roles have included the board a Healthcare Trust and the British Retail Consortium. He was economic spokesman for the CBI, Chairman its Distributive Trades Panel and Chairman of the Brussels based CIES International Product Standards and Trade Body. Until recently a Health and Safety Commissioner and Chairman of the HSE Audit Committee, John also sat on the original Deregulation Task Force. He recently assisted a leading Healthcare Trust establish a Commercial and Marketing operation and currently has a portfolio career, including Chairman and founder of a venture capital backed science and professional services business, SVA Ltd, as a Non Executive Director at the Cooperative Group and was recently appointed as a Non Executive Director of Nichols PLC. John is a Trustee of the charity P3.