John Banham

Sir John Michael Middlecott Banham (born 22 August 1940)[1] is a British business leader. He was the chairman of the major brewer Whitbread from 2000 to 2005, and also chairman of ECI Ventures and Johnson Matthey.

Sir John Banham
Born
John Michael Middlecott Banham

(1940-08-22) 22 August 1940
Cornwall, England
NationalityBritish
EducationCharterhouse School
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
OccupationBusinessman

Biography

Banham was raised in Cornwall, where his father worked as a surgeon and his mother as a National Health Service (NHS) administrator, and was educated at Charterhouse School, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he gained a first class degree in Natural Sciences.[2] He worked at the Foreign Office for two years before moving to Reed International and then McKinsey and Co.[2]

He was the first controller of the Audit Commission from 1983 to 1987, and was then Director General of the Confederation of British Industry from 1987 to 1992.[2][3] In 1992 he became chairman of the Local Government Commission for England that led to a large-scale local government reform in England.[4] He was knighted in the 1992 New Year Honours.

He was chairman of Tarmac from 1994 to 1999, and the chairman of Kingfisher plc from 1995 to 2001.[3][5] He became the chairman of Johnson Matthey in April 2006.[6] He has also acted as chairman of West Country Television and as a non-executive director of both National Westminster Bank and National Power.[3]

In 1987, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath.[7] Banham is an active freemason.[8]

References
  1. "Birthdays", The Independent, 22 August 1994 (Banham was 54 on this date)
  2. Cope, Nigel (2001) "Sir John Banham: Is this the most confident man in Britain?", The Independent, 4 June 2001, retrieved 2010-02-01
  3. Cope, Nigel (1995) "Sir John Banham to head Kingfisher", The Independent, 16 October 1995, retrieved 2010-02-01
  4. "BANHAM IN DERBYSHIRE DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT", Local Government Chronicle, 7 January 1994, retrieved 2010-02-01
  5. Griffiths, Katherine (2001) "Banham quits but denies Kingfisher rift", The Independent, 7 May 2001, retrieved 2010-02-01
  6. "John Banham", Chemistry & Industry, May 1, 2006
  7. "Honorary Graduates 1989 to present". bath.ac.uk. University of Bath. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  8. "Time to lift the apron: Pressure is mounting for the Freemasons in big business to reveal all". The Independent. 19 September 1992.
Political offices
Preceded by
Terence Beckett		 Director of the Confederation of British Industry
1987–1992		 Succeeded by
Howard Davies
Business positions
Preceded by
 Chairman of Kingfisher plc
1995–2001		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Chairman of Whitbread
2000–2005		 Succeeded by
Anthony Habgood

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