Anthony Habgood
Sir Anthony Habgood | |
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Born | Anthony John Habgood 8 November 1946 RELX Group Chairman, Court of the Bank of England |
Board member of | RELX Group, Bank of England |
Spouse |
Nancy Atkinson (m. 1974) |
Children | 3 |
Sir Anthony John Habgood (born 8 November 1946)
Early life
Anthony John Habgood was born on 8 November 1946, the son of John Michael Habgood
Career
He joined Boston Consulting Group in 1970 and became a director in 1977.[6]
From 1991 to 2005, Habgood was chief executive, then chairman of Bunzl, growing turnover from continuing operations from £500 million to £2.9 billion, and improving profits by a factor of 34, and "is widely credited with transforming Bunzl".[7]
Habgood was chairman of Whitbread plc from 2005 to 2014[8] and of Mölnlycke Health Care from 2006 to 2007 while it was owned by the private equity house APAX Partners. He has been chairman of RELX Group (formerly Reed Elsevier), a multinational information and analytics company, since June 2009.[9] He was chairman of Preqin Holding Limited from 2011 to 2022.
Past non-executive directorships include NatWest Bank plc,[10] Powergen plc[11] and Marks and Spencer plc[12]
He was senior non-executive director of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from 2006 until March 2013, and was chair of Norwich Research Park between March 2013 and March 2016.[13][14]
In March 2014, Habgood was appointed chairman of the Court of the Bank of England.[15]
Habgood was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to UK Industry.[16]
Views on strategy
Habgood has said that a key factor in strategy is determining which elements of a group portfolio have good growth characteristics, and focusing on these.[17]
Personal life
On 29 May 1974, Habgood married Nancy Atkinson, the daughter of Ray Nelson Atkinson of San Mateo, California, US.[3] They have three children, and split their time between Chelsea and Norfolk.[5][3]
References
- ^ "Agenda Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders 2009" (PDF). Reed Elsevier NV. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ Guthrie, Jonathan (18 March 2014). "BoE inquisitor job shows Anthony Habgood is go-to grandee". Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-9997670-3-7. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Entry Information". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ a b Reece, Damian (6 October 2011). "The Interview: A cool customer with a track record of giving a warm feeling to shareholders". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Anthony Habgood profile". Oxford University. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ISSN 1755-425X.
- ^ Walsh, Dominic (17 June 2014). "The Times: Whitbread chairman Anthony Habgood leaves little room for improvement". The Times. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ Milne, Richard (28 June 2010). "View from the Top: Anthony Habgood, Chairman, RELX Group". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Nat.Westminster Bank Changes to the Board of Directors". investegate.co.uk. 6 March 2000. Retrieved 6 March 2001.
- ^ "Powergen Annual Report 2000" (PDF). Powergen. Retrieved 2 March 2001.
- ^ "Tender Offer by Cazenove & Co. Ltd to purchase Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by American Depositary Shares) of Marks and Spencer Group plc up to a maximum value of £2.3 billion - Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting" (PDF). vernimmen.com. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "FTSE 100 company Chair appointed to Norwich Research Park". bbsrc.ac.uk. 6 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "UEA Vice Chancellor Appointed Chair of Norwich Research Park". norwichresearchpark.com. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "Three senior appointments to the Bank of England" (PDF) (Press release). Bank of England. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. N2.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 14 May 2021.