Non-Executive Director with responsibility for the union

Doug Gurr

Biography

Doug is the Director of the Natural History Museum, and until November 2020 was Country Manager of Amazon UK. He joined Amazon in December 2011 and was President of Amazon China from 2014 to 2016.

His previous roles included:

  • teaching mathematics and computing at the University of Aarhus in Denmark
  • working for the UK government
  • partner at consultancy firm McKinsey
  • founder and CEO of internet start-up Blueheath
  • 5 years on the Board of Asda-Walmart

Non-Executive Director with responsibility for the union

Department of Health and Social Care

Previous roles in government

  • Non-executive board member and non-executive board member with responsibility for the Union