V&A Reappointment of Caroline Silver and Mark Sebba
The Prime Minister has re-appointed Caroline Silver and Mark Sebba to the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum for four years, commencing 1 July 2018.
Caroline Silver
Caroline Silver is Non-Executive Chairman of FTSE-250 consumer products group, PZ Cussons plc, a role that she has held since January 2017. She is also a Non-Executive Director of BUPA, the global healthcare company, where she serves on the audit and risk committees. In her executive capacity, Caroline is a Senior Managing Director at Moelis & Company, a leading global independent investment bank. She has been in the investment banking industry for over 30 years, holding senior positions at Morgan Grenfell/Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and for the last eight years at Moelis. She started her career as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mark Sebba
Mark Sebba was appointed a Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2014 and Chairman of its commercial arm, V and A Enterprises in 2013. He was also appointed Chair of Hyde Housing Association and a non-executive director of GP Bullhound in 2014. Mark was Chief Executive of The Net-a-Porter Group from 2003 to 2014 and stepped down from the Board in 2015. He is also non-executive Chairman of Flowerbx Ltd and a non-executive director of Eloquii Designs Inc. Since 1993, he has been a Trustee of the JCA Charitable Foundation. Prior to his time at NAPG, Mark worked as an investment banker in London and New York before moving as Finance Director into early stage media and new technology businesses.
These roles are not remunerated. These appointments have been made in accordance with the Cabinet Office’s Governance Code on Public Appointments. The appointments process is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Under the Code, any significant political activity undertaken by an appointee in the last five years must be declared. This is defined as including holding office, public speaking, making a recordable donation, or candidature for election. Caroline and Mark have declared no such political activity.