Geoffrey Harold Arnott (4 February 1902 – 3 April 1986) was an Australian

company director A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency. The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulations ...

and chairman of

Arnott's Biscuits Arnott's Group is an Australian producer of biscuits and snack food. Founded in 1865 by William Arnott, they are the largest producer of biscuits in Australia and a subsidiary of KKR. History In 1847, Scottish immigrant William Arnott op ...

. Arnott was born in

Waratah, New South Wales Waratah is a north-western residential suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, from Newcastle's central business district and bounded to the north by the Main North railway line. Waratah station was opened in 1858 and is served by NS ...

, and attended

Newington College Newington College is a multi-campus Independent school, independent Uniting Church in Australia, Uniting Church Single-sex education, single-sex and Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, Primary school, primar ...

from 1918 to 1920.

Business career

Geoffrey Arnott worked at Arnott's starting in 1921, where he began in the factory as part of the engineering shop. He moved to the administrative side 10 years later, and assisted with the provision of food supplies during World War II to Australian and Allied forces. He became the managing director in 1954 and a chairman in 1961, which he remained until retiring in 1975.Sydney Morning Herald Obituary
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