Sir Tom McKillop FRS
Sir Tom McKillop FRS is the Group Chairman of The Royal Bank of Scotland, a position which he has held since his retirement as Chief Executive of AstraZeneca PLC in 2005.
In his former post Sir Tom oversaw the creation of AstraZeneca, formed by a merger of the Zeneca Group – formerly ICI Pharmaceuticals – with Astra of Sweden.
Sir Tom is currently also a non-executive director of BP plc and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Leicester.
He received a knighthood in the 2002 Queen’s Birthday Honours for his services to the pharmaceuticals industry. In recognition of his work and commitment to education he has received many honorary degrees including one from the former Victoria University of Manchester in 1999 and one of the first granted by the new University of Manchester.