Employers body CBI Wales has appointed chief executive of gift wrap to Christmas cracker manufacturer IG Design Group International, Lance Burn, as its new chair.
Mr Burn, who heads one of the two division of Alternative Investment Market listed IG Design Group, will take up the role from chair of international law firm Eversheds Sutherland, Kathryn Roberts, next month. He will also join the CBI chairs’ committee, the body responsible for setting and steering CBI policy.
Mr Burn joined IG Design Group, which has its UK manufacturing base in Ystrad Mynach, in 2009 – before joining the board in 2012. One of three executive directors he was seconded to Atlanta earlier this year to also take on the chief executive role for IG’s American business. He is scheduled to return to Wales this month.
