Commissioner C - Airports Commission

Vivienne Cox CBE

Biography

Vivienne is Chairman of Vallourec SA, Senior Independent Director at Pearson plc, a Non-Executive Director of GSK and a member of the board of Stena International.

In 2009 she retired from BP after 28 years with the company. Her last full time role was as the Executive Vice President of the Gas, Power and Renewables business.

Commissioner C - Airports Commission

Responsibilities are:

  • submitting a report to the government by the end of 2013 identifying and recommending options to the government for maintaining the UK’s status as an international hub for aviation
  • recommending to the government immediate actions to improve the use of existing runway capacity in the next 5 years – consistent with credible long-term options
  • submitting a final report to the government by summer 2015 assessing the environmental, economic and social costs and benefits of various solutions to increase airport capacity
  • considering operational, commercial and technical viability

Airports Commission

Previous roles in government

  • Lead Non-executive Director