Tony Pilcher

Director, Pilcher Associates

Following his retirement from HSBC in June 2007 as head of business travel and expense management, Tony established Pilcher Associates Limited which provides independent consultancy to the corporate market across all aspects of business travel management. Since that time his clients have included both the private and public sector.

Tony received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the prestigious Business Travel World Awards ceremony in London and was also been named as one of the top 25 most influential business travel executives in the USA by Business Travel News (BTN) for his work in raising the profile of the impact of business travel on the environment. Both judging panels made particular mention of the hours Tony had spent sharing his knowledge with both travel managers and travel suppliers at formal conferences and in one-to-one briefing sessions, thereby demonstrating his influence and leadership across all aspects of business travel management.

The other members of the board are Terry Plumer of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dr Jacqui Wilkinson of Be Engaged, Jonathan Green of JMP Consultants, Gary Horton of the Cabinet Office, Jonathan Willoughby of w5ive Consulting and Jeannette Harrison of the University of Nottingham.