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 but subsequently expanded and diversified, in part through organic growth under the leadership of Sir Clive Thomp ...
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
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 gon ...
plc and director of
J Sainsbury
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 14.6% share of UK supermarket sales.
Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company ...
plc,
Wellcome plc
GSK plc, formerly GlaxoSmithKline plc, is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with global headquarters in London, England. Established in 2000 by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. GSK is the tent ...
, Seeboard plc,
Caradon plc
Novar plc (formerly Caradon plc) was an international building supplies group based in the United Kingdom. Novar was formed in 1921 as Metal Box Company from the coming together of several businesses and trades, including canning and printing. ...
and BAT Industries plc.
He was educated at the
University of Birmingham
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
(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 gon ...
, 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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