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Sir William Castell was appointed a non-executive director of BP in 2006. He is a member of the chairman’s, the audit and the safety, ethics and environment assurance committees. Sir William spent his early career with The Wellcome Foundation holding various positions including head of Wellcome Biotechnology and head of finance and administration for continental Europe, Africa and Asia. In 1986 he was appointed commercial director of Wellcome plc. In 1989 he left Wellcome to join Amersham plc as chief executive. Following Amersham’s acquisition by General Electric in 2004, Sir William became president and chief executive officer of GE Healthcare, the global medical diagnostics and biosciences business of the General Electric Company, of which he was also a vice chairman and a director. He retired from GE Healthcare in 2006. Sir William remains a director of the General Electric Company. Sir William was appointed as a member of the board of governors of the Wellcome Trust in 2006, subsequently becoming its chairman. In 1998, HRH The Prince of Wales appointed him chairman of The Prince’s Trust and he served in this role until 2003. He is a trustee of London's Natural History Museum. He was knighted in 2000. In 2004, he received the honour Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order for services to the Royal Family. | 