1.   Lord Tebbit, former Tory party chairman and right-hand man to Baroness Thatcher, is backing the plan.

2.   Nor is this the only area in which the former chairman has left himself open to potential conflicts of interest.

3.   The former chairman was a key player in the deals that pushed the bank to the top.

4.   ...the former Tory Party chairman, Chris Patten.

5.   US Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn asked the Defence Department to conduct a further investigation, citing the statement in the ABC broadcast by Adml.

6.   He is a director and former chairman of Barings and chairman of Stratton Investment Trust.

7.   He is a former chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen.

8.   George Walker, the former chairman of the property and leisure group, Brent Walker, has appeared in court charged with stealing twelve million pounds from his company.

9.   The former chairman of ICI has been offering advice to everyone from fruit sellers to factory owners.