Anthony Nicholas Seymour Hampton (born April 1967) is a British businessman and the

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(CEO) of

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since April 2018.

Early life

Hampton has a master's degree in chemistry from

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Career

Prior to joining Tate & Lyle, Hampton held a number of senior roles over a twenty-year career at

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, rising to senior vice president and chief financial officer, Europe in 2008, a position he held until 2013 when he was appointed PepsiCo's president, West Europe region and senior vice president commercial, Europe. He joined Tate & Lyle as chief financial officer in 2014. In January 2018, it was announced that Javed Ahmed would retire as CEO effective 1 April 2018, and Hampton would succeed him as CEO.

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