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Sir William (59) joined BP’s board in July 2006. From 1990 to 2004 he was chief executive of Amersham plc and subsequently president and chief executive officer of GE Healthcare. He was appointed as a vice chairman of the board of GE in 2004 stepping down from this post in 2006 when he became chairman of the Wellcome Trust. He remains a non-executive director of GE and is a trustee of London’s Natural History Museum. | 