Linda Wilding qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young, before working in the private equity division of Mercury Asset Management from 1989 to 2002, rising to the position of Managing Director. She has served as a non-executive director (including as chairman) on the boards of a number of companies. She is currently a non-executive director of UDG Healthcare plc, Wesleyan Assurance Society and Electra Private Equity plc. She was a non-executive director and latterly chair on Corin plc from 2006 to 2012 and was senior independent director of Touchstone Innovations plc until 2017.