The Board of Directors determines BAA's long-term strategy, to ensure that the company acts ethically and has the necessary resources to meet its objectives, to monitor performance, and to ensure BAA meets its responsibilities as the world's leading airport company. View our Board members' and company secretary's brief resumés.

Sir Nigel became BAA's Non-Executive Chairman in September 2007. He is best known as founder in 1982 of Williams plc, which went on to become one of the largest industrial holding companies in the United Kingdom until its demerger in November 2000, creating Chubb plc and Kidde plc. He became Non-Executive Chairman of Kidde plc until December 2003. Sir Nigel, who was knighted in 1996 for services to manufacturing, is Chairman of car dealer Pendragon, Chairman of leading technology firm Invensys and a Non-Executive Director of Sappi SpA.

Nicolás Villén was appointed CEO of Ferrovial’s airports division in October 2009. Nicolás worked closely with BAA for three years prior to this and knows BAA well. Along with the other shareholders who sit on the BAA board he has been steadfast in his support through challenging times. He joined Ferrovial in 1993 and has been a member of the BAA board of directors since 2006. He has been heavily involved in the growth and internationalization of Ferrovial.

Colin was appointed BAA's Chief Executive Officer in April 2008. He is an experienced FTSE100 CEO who has led a number of service and industrial businesses in several countries. Prior to joining BAA, Colin was Group Chief Executive of Severn Trent plc, Managing Director of BA Engineering for British Airways plc, and later Executive Director of Lattice Group plc and Group Chief Executive of Hays Group plc.

José was appointed BAA's Chief Financial Officer in September 2006. Prior to joining BAA he was Group Finance Director of Amey plc and former Managing Director of Ferrovial Telecomunicaciones, responsible for managing Ferrovial's investments in the telecommunication sector. José was also a Director of the Spanish telecommunication operators ONO and UNI2, and Chief Finance Officer and Business Development Manager at the Spanish construction company Agroman.

Stuart Baldwin was appointed a Non-Executive Director in June 2008. Stuart is Senior Vice President of the Global Infrastructure Group of GIC Special Investments. He is also a non-executive director of UK water company Kelda Holdings Ltd, and is a member of the supervisory board of Budapest Airport Zrt.

Chris Beale was appointed a Non-Executive Director in October 2011. He is the Managing Partner of Alinda Capital Partners, an independent investment firm with over $7.4 billion in equity commitments to infrastructure investments. Alinda’s investors are predominantly pension funds for public sector and private sector employees. Prior to founding Alinda in 2005, he led the world’s largest infrastructure finance business as global head of project finance at Citigroup. He was also global head of project finance at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston.

David Begg was appointed a Non-Executive Director in November 2010. He has extensive expertise in the transport sector and is currently a Non Executive Board Member of FirstGroup; Chairman of the Northern Way Transport Compact; Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure Commission, Chief Executive of Portobello Partnership, a member of the High Speed Rail 2 External Challenge Group; adviser to the Greater Manchester Transport Executive; Publisher and contributor at Transport Times magazine; and Visiting Professor in Sustainable Transport at Plymouth University. He was previously Chairman of the Commission for Integrated Transport, an independent advisory body to the Government; and Chairman of Tube Lines, the company responsible for maintenance and upgrade work on three London Underground lines.

Richard Drouin was appointed a Non-Executive Director in September 2007. He is a Counsel at Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP and Chairman of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). He is the founding member of the E7, which brings together the largest utilities from the G7 countries, and is the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the World Energy Congress held in 2010 in Montréal. He currently sits on the boards of Addenda Capital, Aéroports de Montréal, American Superconductor Corporation, Gesca, and President's Choice Financial.

Renaud Faucher was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in October 2006. He is a director of the private equity group Caisse de dépôt et placement du Quebec (CDP) since 2006 where he was a Director of Noverco (gas distribution) and Southern Star Pipelines. Prior to joining the Caisse, he held different positions at Hydro Quebec on the management on their international investments, worked on the financing and management of different power plants in Canada and on large construction projects.

Wilfried E. Kaffenberger was appointed a non-executive director in September 2009. He is a director of NWS Holdings, a director of Ashmore Energy International and a part-time adviser to GIC Special Investments. He is also an independent financial adviser.

Rachel Lomax was appointed a Non-Executive Director in November 2010. She has 40 years' experience in policy making, at the heart of the British economy. Rachel served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England from 2003 until 2008.Before joining the Bank, she was Permanent Secretary of three government departments, including the Department of Work and Pensions and the Welsh Office as well as the Department for Transport. Her earlier career was spent at the Treasury, the Cabinet Office  and the World Bank. Rachel is also a Non-Executive Director of HSBC.

Ernesto López Mozo became Ferrovial’s chief financial officer and a member of the BAA board in October 2009. Ernesto joined from Telefonica, having previously held positions at JP Morgan and Santander.

Santiago Olivares was appointed to the Board in March 2010. He is the CEO of Ferrovial Servicios as well as the Chairman of Cespa and Vice-Chairman of Amey plc. Previously he was Chairman of Swissport International and a board member of Tube Lines Holdings. Prior to joining Ferrovial, he worked in McKinsey & Co.

Carol was appointed BAA's General Counsel and Group Company Secretary in March 2009. Prior to joining BAA she was a Board Director and the General Counsel of Amey plc.  She has held the positions of Group Legal Director of TDG plc and Deputy General Counsel of BG plc and was previously with Slaughter and May. She was awarded European General Counsel of the Year in 2008. Carol is a Non-Executive Director of Robert Walters plc and a Non-Executive Director and Trustee of Action for Blind People.

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