Professor Jim Norton

PROFESSOR M.J. NORTON
BEng(Hons) CDir CEng DEng FIEE FBCS FIoD FRSA

Aged fifty five, Jim Norton is an independent director, policy adviser and public speaker. On a part-time basis, Jim is the Senior Policy Advisor - e-Business and e-Government, for the UK Institute of Directors (IoD). He is also an external member of the Board of the UK Parliament's Office of Science & Technology (POST) and council member of the Parliamentary IT Committee (PITCOM). Jim is a Non-Executive Director of F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust plc, where he chairs the Audit & Management Engagement Committee. He is a Commissioner in the IPPR Commission on National Security in the 21st Century, with a special interest in critical national infrastructure and cyber-security issues. Jim is a Board Member and Trustee of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), as well as a member of the 'Electronic Communications Expert Advisory Panel' for the Irish Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). For the Irish Ministry of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Jim is a member of the Steering Group for the Irish National Broadband Scheme.

Jim is a past non-executive director of Zetex plc (role completed 12/06/08), 3i European Technology Trust PLC (role completed 20/12/04) and of Securicor plc (retired 31/12/02) and is the former UK Country Manager for the Deutsche Telekom (DT) Group and former Executive Chairman of DT Ltd (2001-2002). He was previously Head of e-Business Policy at the Institute of Directors (1999-2001). Prior to joining IoD, Jim led the Cabinet Office team that produced the PIU report 'e-commerce@its.best.uk' for the UK Prime Minister in September 1999. He is a former Chief Executive of the DTI Radiocommunications Agency (the UK's radio spectrum manager 1993-1998) and has held senior positions in Cable & Wireless (Marketing Director C&W Europe 1990-1993), Butler-Cox (Director Vendor Consulting Practice 1987-1990), and British Telecom (Senior Manager International Business Development).

Jim was a member of the Strategic Stakeholders' Group (SSG) of the UK National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) prior to the creation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in April 2006 and of the NESTA FutureLab committee, prior to FutureLab being spun out from NESTA also in April 2006.

He is a Visiting Professor of Electronic Engineering at Sheffield University and a Doctor of Engineering of that University. Jim is a Vice President and Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS), where he chairs the Professionalism Board. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) and Chair of the IET IT Sectoral Panel. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Commerce and Manufactures and of the Institute of Directors. Jim is an External Examiner for the IoD Certificate in Company Direction and is a Chartered Director.

14.11.2008.