Mr. Cheung is also an independent non-executive director of insurer AIA Group Ltd.
But the chances of a non-executive director having to fork out for corporate wrongdoing are tiny.
Ali Parsa, Circle chief executive, has announced he is stepping down to become a non-executive director.
Being a non-executive director of a large company is (and always has been) a low-risk, rewarding job.
But he retains other positions, including the post of non-executive director at Compass Group, a food services company.
Mr Parsa will remain on the board of Circle as founder and a non-executive director, the company said.
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Kenyon, who left Manchester United in 2003 to join Chelsea, will continue at the Blues as a non-executive director.
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He is being replaced as chairman by Nick Ferguson, BSkyB's senior non-executive director.
Mr van de Veer will remain on Shell's board as a non-executive director.
Sainsbury also announced that Keith Butler-Wheelhouse, head of its remuneration committee, had resigned along with fellow non-executive director Lord Levene.
She is a non-executive director of the Efficiency and Reform Board at the Cabinet Office and the Government Digital Service.
Mr Agius will stay on as chairman while Sir John Sunderland, a non-executive director of Barclays, looks for his replacement.
He was a non-executive director of Gillingham Football Club and a member of the Grand Order of the Water Rats.
Lord Stevenson, who presided as chairman of HBOS throughout its 8-year existence, is currently a non-executive director at the bookseller Waterstone's.
Lord Stevenson, who presided as chairman of HBOS throughout its eight-year existence, is currently a non-executive director at the bookseller Waterstone's.
The role of the non-executive director has been refined repeatedly over the past decade, says Chris Higson of London Business School.
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Shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said it was not appropriate that the investigation will be carried by a DfT non-executive director.
"We could launch ourselves, " said Esmond Kensington, a non-executive director of Revolymer, estimating that the product could be available in early 2009.
But he retains both his knighthood and other positions, including the post of non-executive director at Compass Group, a food services company.
Bartlett will remain a shareholder and non-executive director while Adam Pearson will continue in his current role as head of football operations.
His longstanding role as a non-executive director at British American Tobacco - from which he stepped down in 2008 - often attracted fierce criticism.
Mr Agius, who is a senior non-executive director on the BBC executive board, said he "regretted deeply" what had happened and was "truly sorry".
Mr Laidlaw, who is a non-executive director of the DfT, is due to give evidence to the House of Commons transport committee next week.
It will be headed by Sam Laidlaw, a non-executive director of the department, and is expected to report by the end of the month.
Mr Gormley, a non-executive director in NI Water, was dismissed along with three other board members by former regional development minister Conor Murphy in 2010.
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Former HBOS chief executive Sir James Crosby has asked for his knighthood to be removed and has resigned as a non-executive director of Compass Group.
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The MP, who is vice-chairman and non-executive director of Sunderland Football Club, is married to American violinist Louise Shackelton and the couple have two children.
Lord Stevenson is currently a non-executive director of the booksellers Waterstones.
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Mr Ball is a non-executive director at Luxembourg-listed investment group Brait.
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