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Sir David Bell became a Director of Pearson in March 1996. He is Chairman of the Financial Times Group, having been Chief Executive of the Financial Times since 1993. In July 1998 he was appointed Pearson's Director for People with responsibility for the recruitment, motivation, development and reward of employees across the Pearson Group.
In addition to this, he is a Non-Executive Director of The Economist, the Vitec Group plc and The Windmill Partnership, Chairman: Common Purpose International, Chairman of Crisis, Chairman of Sadler's Wells, Chairman of the International Youth Foundation, a Patron of the Ambache Chamber Orchestra, a trustee of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation {CSFI} and a member of the Honorary Council of the Royal National Theatre.
David was also Chairman of the Millennium Bridge Trust (1995-2002), responsible for conceiving the first new bridge across Thames in the centre of London for 100 years.
David was educated at Cambridge University and the University of Pennsylvania, is married with three children and lives in Islington.
David received his knighthood for services to industry, the arts and charity. | 