Sir Peter Bonfield is currently the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NXP. He is a Non-Executive Director H.M.G. Department for Constitutional Affairs and holds Directorships on the Boards of Sony Corporation in Japan, L.M. Ericsson,Sweden. U.S. based Mentor Graphics Corporation Inc. and Taiwan based semi-conductor company TSMC, where he is also Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Sir Peter is a Non-Executive Director of Actis Capital LLP Supervisory Board and a Member of the Citigroup International Advisory Board, Sony Corporation Advisory Board and New Venture Partners LLP Advisory Board. He is also Board Mentor, CMi, President of the British Quality Foundation and Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering.

His career has included Senior Independent Directorship of AstraZeneca PLC, Directorship of B.I.C.C. plc, D.E.S.C. Ltd. and mmO2 plc.

He has also been a Member of the Trilateral Commission, The European Round Table (Steering Group), The High Level Working Group of the European Information Society, the EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table and the Civil Service College Advisory Board.

Sir Peter Bonfield began his career with Texas Instruments based in the U.S. After various design, manufacturing and management roles he joined computer company ICL plc in 1981, as Group Marketing Director and Member of the main board.

In 1984 he was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of ICL plc after its merger with STC plc, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer. In 1987 he was also appointed Deputy Chief Executive of STC plc.

In 1990 as Chairman and CEO of ICL plc, he introduced the Fujitsu Group as a major shareholder and one of the largest mainframe computer makers outside the U.S.

In 1996 Sir Peter was appointed CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of British Telecommunications plc, where he served until early 2002. During his tenure, BT was the world`s fifth largest telecommunications company, employing over 130,000 people.

Change management in international technology companies has characterised his work.