Eric joined Comic Relief as Chair on 1st July 2020. Prior to that he had been CEO of Kantar, one of the world’s leading data insights and consulting companies, for 18 years and a board director of WPP for a decade. He has advised many of the world’s leading companies and non-commercial organisations around the world.
He is currently a Senior Fellow of The Kennedy School at Harvard University and has been a non-executive director of DFID, a Trustee of The British Museum and a Governor of Birkbeck College London.