Shonaid was appointed to the Board of Qinetiq in May 2020.  She has widespread experience as an Executive and Non-executive Director spanning a variety of sectors, including industrial and technology-based businesses with international operations. This, combined with her extensive financial experience, is invaluable in her role as Chair of the Audit Committee. Shonaid is a Fellow of the ICAEW.

Previously she was the Chief Operating Officer of CDC Group plc, the UK Government’s development finance institution, having joined from Unilever, where she was Senior Vice- President Finance and Information, Home and Personal Care, originally in Asia and later for the Group as a whole. Her early career was spent at KPMG, latterly as a partner. Her Board-level experience includes Non-executive Chair of Greencoat Wind plc, MSAmlin plc and Nonexecutive Director at GKN plc.

She is a Non-executive Chair of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited and ClearBank Limited and Non-executive Director of Aviva plc.