Sir Clive Malcolm Thompson (born 4 April 1943) is a British businessman who is deputy chairman of Strategic Equity Capital plc. He was chairman of
Rentokil Initial
Rentokil Initial is a British business services group based in Crawley, England. It was founded in 1925 as a pest-control business. It subsequently expanded and diversified, in part through growth under the leadership of Sir Clive Thompson in ...
plc between 2002 and 2004, having been chief executive for 20 years to 2002. He is a former president of the
CBI, member of the Committee on Corporate Governance and deputy chairman of the Financial Reporting Council. He is a former chairman of
European Home Retail plc and director of
J Sainsbury plc,
Wellcome plc, Seeboard plc,
Caradon plc and BAT Industries plc.
He was educated at the
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...
(BSc).
Following the collapse of
Farepak
European Home Retail plc (EHR) was a listed UK company, operating in home retail. Though registered in Swindon, Wiltshire, its head office was based in Warmley, Bristol. On 13 October 2006, it was announced EHR and its subsidiary Farepak had gone ...
, the UK Insolvency Service applied to the High Court for Thompson to be disqualified as a Director, but the case was later dropped.
References
External links
Monbiot.com - Deregulation Kills- 5/11/98
ticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010903/ai_n14419662 The Independent - The Monday interview: Sir Clive Thompson - Rentokil's chief- 03/09/01
The Evening Standard - Veteran Clive Thompson is fired by struggling Rentokil- 19/05/04
- 20/05/04
The Independent - Sir Clive Thompson's verdict: the shareholders deserve better- 27/08/04
The Daily Telegraph - Outrage grows over directors' role in Farepak failure- 29/10/06
The Daily Telegraph - Farepak's Thompson: 'HBOS hung us out to dry'- 12/11/06
Swindon Advertiser - Farepak head could be stripped of knighthood- 15/11/06
BBC News - Farepak boss takes luxury holiday- 17/11/06
1943 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Businesspeople awarded knighthoods
Knights Bachelor
People educated at Clifton College
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