Harry Solomon (businessman)

Sir Harry Solomon (born 1937) is the founder of Hillsdown Holdings, one of the United Kingdom's largest food businesses.

Career

Educated at St Albans School[1] in Hertfordshire, Harry Solomon qualified as a solicitor in 1960 and went on to practise law.[2] He founded Solomon Taylor & Shaw in Hampstead in the 1970s.[3]

In 1976 he co-founded Hillsdown Holdings and built it into one of the United Kingdom's largest food businesses.[2] He retired from the business in 1993.[4][5]

He is now the co-Founder and Vice Chairman of the Portland Trust, which promotes peace and stability between the Israelis and the Palestinians.[6][7] He is also a Non-Executive Director of Portland Capital[8] and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.[2]

Solomon is a member of the Norwood Advisory Council.[9]

He was knighted in 1991 for services to the food industry.[10]

He has provided some funding to Forward Thinking, a charitable organisation addressing issues related to promoting greater understanding and inclusion of Muslims in the UK and the Middle East peace process.[11]

In 2014, the Western Galilee College in Akko has opened new business school named "the Sir Harry Solomon School of Management". [12]

In 2015, Harry Solomon received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Israeli Business Awards.[5]

Family

He is married to Judy.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Old Albanian Club
  2. 1 2 3 Westcity: The Board
  3. ↑ Solomon Taylor & Shaw
  4. ↑ Solomon finds it hard to let go The Independent, 17 December 1992
  5. 1 2 Rashty, Sandy. "Leading food industry figure Sir Harry Solomon honoured at British Israeli Business awards". The Jewish Chronicle Online. The Jewish Chronicle Online. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Global security: the Middle East, eighth report of session 2006-07, Page 99
  7. ↑ "Sir Harry Solomon | www.portlandtrust.org". www.portlandtrust.org. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  8. ↑ Portland Capital: The Board
  9. ↑ "Our Advisory Council". Norwood. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  10. ↑ "No. 52563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1991. p. 2.
  11. ↑ Annual Report: Page 19 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ "Sir Harry Solomon School of Management". Western Gaililee College. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  13. ↑ UJIA Solomon Family Health Clinic At Mate Asher


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