Mr James W Leng

KANDO id: 38156

Bio

Jim Leng is Chairman of the European Advisory Board of AEA, Chairman of Doncasters (Precision Engineering Company) and Deputy Chairman of Tata Steel Ltd. of India. As a Non-Executive Director, he sits on the Boards of Alston (French Engineering Company) and TNK-BP, the largest independent Russian oil and gas company. He is also a Senior Advisor to HSBC, a Governor at Ashridge College and the National Institute of Economic & Social Research. From 2001-2009, he was Chairman of Corus Group plc, a global steel company sold to Tata of India. Past Non-Executive Directorships include Pilkington plc (Glass), Hanson plc (Aggregates & Building Products) and IMI plc (Engineering). In an executive capacity he was CEO of Laporte plc, an international specialty chemicals company and before that Low & Bonar plc, a diverse materials and packaging company. His early business years were spent at John Waddington plc where he was a MD of a number of their subsidiaries including consumer goods and packaging companies.

Career


AEA Investors LP

Private equity firm.

Education