Sir Paul Judge
Summary
Sir
Paul has wide international experience in the commercial, public, political and
not-for-profit sectors.
He is
the Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc and a Director of ENRC plc, of
the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, of Standard Bank Group Ltd of
His honorary offices include being an Alderman of the
City of London, the President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and of
the Association of MBAs,
the Chairman
of the British-North American Committee, of the North American Advisory Council
at the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House, of the Enterprise Education Trust, of
the Museum of Brands and of St Dunstan’s College and Deputy Chairman of the American Management Association based in New
York. He is a Member of the Advisory
Boards for the UK-India Business Council, for
Following his
education at Cambridge University and at the Wharton Business School, Sir Paul
worked for Cadbury Schweppes and then led the buyout of their food interests to
form Premier Brands which was successfully sold in 1989. He was subsequently Chairman of Food from
Britain, Director General of the Conservative Party and a Ministerial Adviser
at the Cabinet Office. He has more
recently been Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts
(2003-6), President of the Chartered Management Institute (2004-5), Master of
the Worshipful Company of Marketors (2005-6),
Chairman of Teachers TV (2005-8) and a Member of the Higher Education Funding
Council for
Education
Sir
Paul was born and grew up in London. He went to school firstly at
Cadbury
Schweppes
He spent the first thirteen years of his business career with Cadbury Schweppes, working initially in the Overseas Group finance department and becoming Group Deputy Finance Director in 1978 at the age of 28. He was then Managing Director of Cadbury Schweppes Kenya which had three factories and 600 employees. In 1982 he was appointed as Managing Director of Cadbury Typhoo, which had 3,000 employees and a turnover of £150 million. In 1984 he became Group Planning Director and a member of the Group Executive Committee.
Premier
Brands
In 1985 he
initiated and led the £97 million buyout of the UK, Irish and French food
businesses of Cadbury Schweppes to form Premier Brands with 6,000 employees and
a turnover of £400 million. The company was turned round and developed well,
winning the 1989 Grocer/IFE Award as having "the best overall performance
of any British food company". Premier Brands was successfully sold for
£310 million in 1989.
He then moved
into the public and political sectors and became a government-appointed Member
of the Milk Marketing Board and Chairman of Food from Britain which led to his
being voted the 1992 Food Industry Personality of the Year.
Politics
He was
Director General of the Conservative Party, a full-time executive appointment
for which he chose to take no remuneration, from 1992 until 1995 when the then
Party Chairman described him as "the person primarily responsible for
improving the management of the Conservative Party organisation and for
achieving the turnaround in our financial fortunes". The Party's overdraft
was reduced from £19 million when he took over to only £2 million in the 1995-6
accounts. In 1995 he transferred to the Cabinet Office as a Ministerial
Adviser, responsible for policy issues such as competitiveness, deregulation,
privatisation and information technology strategy until just before the 1997
General Election.
He is the
founder of the Jury Team political movement and party.
UK
Education Activites
In
1990 he gave £8 million to the
Other
UK Charitable Board Memberships
He
is Chairman of the
UK
Commercial Appointments
He
is currently Chairman of Schroder Income
Growth Fund plc, a director of ENRC plc
and of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). As
well as his career with Cadbury
Schweppes, Sir Paul has previously been a main board director of the Boddington Group plc, Grosvenor
Development Capital plc, and WPP
Group plc and a Member of the Advisory Board for Barclays Wealth (2002-10).
International
Appointments
Sir
Paul is a Director of Standard Bank Group Ltd of South Africa, of Tempur-Pedic International Inc of Lexington, Kentucky, and of Abraaj Capital of Dubai, the Chairman of the British-North
American Committee and of the North American Advisory Council at the Royal
Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House and the Deputy
Chairman of The American
Management Association. He is a
Member of the Advisory Boards for the GMAC Management Education for Tomorrow
Fund, for the UK-India Business Council, for
Other
Honours
He
is the Alderman of the City of London for the Ward of Tower, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, of the Institute
of Directors, of the Chartered Institute of
Marketing and of the Marketing Society
and a Companion of the Chartered
Management Institute. He has an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the
University of Cambridge, an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of
Westminster and an Honorary Doctor of Science from City University. In 1996 he became a Knight Bachelor
in recognition of his public and political service.
Updated:
Friday, 24th June 2011