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Paul Judge in June 2011
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Born |
Paul Rupert Judge 25 April 1949 |
Died | 21 May 2017 | (aged 68)
Nationality | British |
Education | St Dunstan's College |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Businessman |
Years active | 1970–2017 |
Title | Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc |
Successor | Vacant |
Board member of | Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, Tempur-Pedic, The Abraaj Group |
Spouse(s) | Jane Urquart (1976-1980) Anne (until 2001) Barbara Singer Thomas (2002—) |
Sir Paul Rupert Judge (25 April 1949 – 21 May 2017) was an English business and political figure.
Judge was educated at St Dunstan's College, an independent school in Catford, London. He won an Open Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge and later was a Thouron Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
His early career was with Cadbury Schweppes, where he undertook a number of international postings and projects, and where he led the buyout of their food companies in 1985 to form Premier Brands which was successfully sold in 1989. In the 1990s he was Chairman of Food from Britain, Director General of the Conservative Party and a Ministerial Advisor to the Cabinet Office.
In the 2000s he was Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts and of Teachers TV, President of the Chartered Management Institute, Deputy Chairman of the American Management Association, a Director of Standard Bank Group of South Africa, which is Africa's largest bank and is quoted on the , and Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors.
Judge's honorary appointments included being an Alderman of the City of London, President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and of the Association of MBAs, Chairman of the Enterprise Education Trust, of St Dunstan's College and of the British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, UK Chairman of the British–North American Committee, a Special Adviser to the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House where he chaired the North American Advisory Council and a Member of the Council of the Crown Agents.