Griffin served as its Chairman, with Trustees Margaret Atwood, Robert Hass, Michael Ondaatje, Robin Robertson and David Young.

The Chairman of the English Democrats, Robin Tilbrook, declared that he was standing for Mayor of London and even asked for donations through one of the party's websites but his name didn't appear on the ballot paper.

She is a trustee and former Chairman of the Robin Hood Foundation.

Vice Presidents are Baron Pearson of Rannoch, Leolin Price CBE QC, Nigel Spearing ( for nine years Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee in the Commons ), Sir Teddy Taylor and Sir Robin Williams.

In 1999, Read founded the Rupert Brooke Society of which he was Chairman for a few years as well as editing the Society's twice-yearly magazine and creating a museum at The Orchard Grantchester with Robin Callan.

Zipcar was founded in 2000 by Cambridge, Massachusetts residents Antje Danielson and Robin Chase, and is now led by Scott Griffith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

In 1996 Robin established the first Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and has since worked with the Clipper Ventures company as Chairman to progress the race to higher levels every year.

Vizard studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Melbourne ; he practiced as a lawyer and was a partner in a City Law firm ; he has written for and produced various Logie and AFI award winning television show-from Fast Forward to Kangaroo Palace ; he has hosted his own 5 night a week national Tonight Show, Tonight Live With Steve Vizard for which he was three times nominated for and won a Gold Logie in 1991 ; he has interviewed over two thousand major names, from Audrey Hepburn, Oliver Stone, Mel Gibson, Robin Williams, Sir Bob Geldof, Peter Allen, Patrick Swayze, Bob Hope, Sir Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Parkinson, Spike Milligan, Edward de Bono, Robert Ludlum, Sir Harry Secombe, and Prime Ministers and politicians ; he founded one of Australia ’ s largest independent Production houses, Artist Services, which was subsequently sold to Granada ; he has been the President of the National Gallery of Victoria and the Chairman of the Victorian Major Events Company, securing events such as the World Cycling Champioships and the World Gymnastics Championships ; he has appeared on the cover of Time and Rolling Stone ; he was an elected representative to the 1999 Constitutional Convention ; he was Father of the Year in 2001 ; he was embroiled in three highly publicised legal proceedings, involving the theft of moneys by his former accountant from the Vizard Companies, and Vizard's civil penalty in 2005 for breaching directors duties ; he has broadcast on the Austereo, Fairfax and Macquarie Radio Networks and in 2011 was nominated for best Talkback Presenter in Australia ; he was Chairman of the World Swimming Championships ; and he has written several books ranging on topics ranging from humour to Australia's population policy.

Aphex management consists of David Wiener as Chairman and CEO, Robin Sibucao as COO and Rick McClendon as General Manager.

* Richard Herd as Chairman Spencer

In 1998 Rau stepped down from his positions as SPD Chairman and Minister President, and on 23 May 1999, was elected Federal President by the Federal Assembly of Germany to succeed Roman Herzog ( CDU ).

It was announced on 2 July 2008 that Sugar had stepped down as Chairman of Amstrad, which had been planned since BSkyB took over in 2007.

He stepped down as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee at the beginning of 1999, as he had pledged to do in late 1997.

Beginning in 1987, Brandt stepped down to become the Honorary Chairman of the party.

In September 2004, Jiang stepped down as Chairman of the commission, and President Hu Jintao became the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army.

Nosaka remained the JCP's chairman from 1958 – 1982, when he stepped down at the age of 90 and took the role of " Honorary Chairman ".

In June 2008, Kerry Killinger stepped down as the Chairman, though remaining the Chief Executive Officer.

In January 2008, Jeff Harvey accepted the position of President and CEO of Burgerville after Tom Mears, the former holder of the titles stepped aside, and became Chairman of the company.

Steve was assisted by Colin Saynor, who stepped down from his role as Chairman of, and head-coach Steven Bee.

J. Arthur Rank stepped down as Managing Director of the Rank Organisation in 1952, but remained as Chairman until 1962.

In 1992, he became a member of the Presidium of ČSSD, in March 1997 its statutory Vice-Chairman, and in April 2001 Chairman of ČSSD after its previous chairman Miloš Zeman stepped aside.

Joe Parker stepped down as Party Chairman soon after but remained an active NCP member until his death in 2004.

Tesco overtook Sainsbury's to become the UK's largest supermarket chain in 1995, and David Sainsbury stepped down as Chairman in 1998 to pursue his long held ambition to have a career in politics.

He served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee since 2001, but stepped down at the end of the parliamentary session in 2010 as it is customary for a member of the opposition party to hold this post.

Chairman Kelvin Thomas stepped down during the 2012 close season, to be replaced by owner Ian Lenagan.

On Sept 15, 2007, Chairman and Chief Executive Barak Berkowitz stepped aside and was replaced by Chris Alden, who had run the company's professional software unit.

In 2011, he stepped down from the board and became Chairman Emeritus.

However, in February 2005 Khosla stepped down as Chairman, selling the club to Jimmy Cochrane.

Kutaragi relinquished active management of the business he created and built into a powerhouse in 2007, when he stepped down as executive Chairman and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment.

In 2001, he was subsequently elected Chairman on 3 May 2001 after his predecessor, Sitiveni Rabuka, stepped down amid accusations that he may have been involved in the coup d ' état that deposed Fiji's elected government in May 2000.

Tomoyo Nonaka, a former NHK anchorwoman who was appointed Chairman of the company, stepped down in March 2007.

Jiang, however, faced both popular pressure and significant inner party and military opposition, and stepped down as the Central Military Commission Chairman in September 2004.

On 14 October 2007 George Soros stepped down as Chairman of CEU Board.

He stepped down as Chairman of the Network in March 2008.

Carefully he put down his steak knife and said loudly, `` Mr. Chairman ''!!

Melbourne resisted the trend to shut down the network partly because the city's wide streets and geometric street pattern made trams more practicable than in many other cities, partly because of resistance from the unions, and partly because the Chairman of the MMTB, Sir Robert Risson, successfully argued that the cost of ripping up the concrete-embedded tram tracks would be prohibitive.

Red Guard slogans were the most violent in nature, such as “ Strike the enemy down on the floor and step on him with a foot ”, “ Long live the red terror !” and “ Those who are against Chairman Mao will have their dog skulls smashed into pieces ”.

In 1975, several senior Gulf executives, including Chairman Bob Dorsey, were implicated in the making of illegal " political contributions " and were forced to step down from their positions.

The state and party apparatus broke down and in 1968, Chairman Liu Shaoqi was arrested and humiliated by the Red Guards.

He is also the current Chairman of the Kuomintang ( KMT ) having served in that role since 2005 stepping down for a period between 2007 and 2009.

Chairman Robert Fomon was forced to step down.

On May 18, Svinhufvud became Protector of State or Regent, retaining this post as Head of State after he stood down as Chairman of the Senate on May 27.

A few days later I received a visit from the Company's man, who told me that the Chairman had, on his own authority, turned down the panels, refusing to give any reason.

Indeed, as a member of President Clinton's Working Group on Financial Markets, Summers, along with U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) Chairman Arthur Levitt, Fed Chairman Greenspan, and Secretary Rubin, torpedoed an effort to regulate the derivatives that many blame for bringing the financial market down in Fall 2008.

In 1986, when Souphanouvong was forced to step down from the Presidency for reasons of health, Phoumi was named Acting President of the LPDR and Chairman of the Lao Front for National Construction.

Evan Thornley stood down as Chairman in May 2004 and was replaced by Teresa Dial, a former CEO of Wells Fargo.

Due to this, Simpson was asked to step down as manager by Chairman Mike Rance on Sunday 18 March 2012.

At the same time, it was announced that Andy Scott would stand down as Deputy Chairman with immediate effect, and that three other directors, including Chairman Mike Rance, would stand down in due course.