Brian McBride

Biography

Brian McBride is Chair at Trainline PLC. He was Lead Non-Executive Director on the Board of the UK鈥檚 Ministry of Defence, a UK Government appointment and he is also a Senior Adviser with Scottish Equity Partners.

Brian stepped down as President of the CBI in February 2024. He was Chairman of ASOS from 2012 to 2018. He was CEO of聽Amazon.co.uk from 2006 to 2011. He held senior roles at IBM in USA and UK, Dell Computers and as Managing Director of T-Mobile (UK). He has been a Non-Executive Director of Celtic Football Club PLC, SThree PLC, Computacenter PLC,聽AO.com, Kinnevik AB, Abrdn PLC and has served as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the BBC, a member of the UK Government Digital Advisory Board, and a Senior Adviser to Lazard鈥檚 Global Financial Advisory business.

Previous roles in government

  • Lead Non-Executive Board Member