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Sir Derek has been a Director of Jones Lang LaSalle since March 1999. He has served as Chairman of Alliance & Leicester plc, a banking organization, since October 2005. He was Chairman of Prudential Portfolio Managers Limited, a fund manager, and a Director of Prudential plc, a financial services company, from January 1996 to December 2000, and prior to that he was employed by S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd., an investment bank, from 1972 until 1996, serving as a Director beginning in 1979, Head of Global Corporate Finance beginning in 1986 and Chairman beginning in 1994. Sir Derek is Chairman of Partnerships UK plc, an advisor on public-private partnerships for the delivery of public services. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Bristol. In January 2004, he was knighted by the Queen of England for his services to corporate governance and finance. | 