Key People

Val Gooding Val Gooding was appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered PLC on 1 January 2005.

Val is also a Non-Executive Director of J Sainsbury plc and the BBC. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Warwick Business School, a Trustee of the British Museum and a Non-Executive Director of the Lawn Tennis Association.

Val was formerly Chief Executive Officer of BUPA, the independent health and care company. She joined BUPA in 1996 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1998, stepping down in May 2008.

Prior to that, she spent most of her career with British Airways. She joined British Airways in 1973 and became Head of Marketing in 1992 before being appointed as Director of Business Units in 1993. Her last role with British Airways was Director, Asia Pacific.

She was previously a Non-Executive Director at BAA, Cable and Wireless Communications plc and Compass plc and has also sat on the Board of the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Val graduated from Warwick University with an Honours Degree in French Studies. She is married with two sons.