Sir Paul Rupert Judge (25 April 1949 – 21 May 2017) was an English business and political figure. He served as Chairman of the

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of the

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, and Deputy Chairman of the

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. He also served as the Director General of the

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and a Ministerial Advisor to the

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. He was educated at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

Early life

As a child, Judge attended

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, an independent school in Catford, London. Following which he went up to study at

, after being awarded an Open Scholarship. Later in life, he was appointed a Thouron Fellow at the

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. He maintained close ties to the

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all his life and was major benefactor to the

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, which is named in his honour.

Career

His early career was with

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, where he undertook a number of international postings and projects, and where he led the buyout of their food companies in 1985 to form

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which was successfully sold in 1989. In the 1990s he was Chairman of Food from Britain, Director General of the

(1992-95) and a Ministerial Advisor to the

, resigning in 2009, disillusioned by scandals. In the 2000s he was Chairman of the

and of

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of the

, Deputy Chairman of the

, a Director of Standard Bank Group of South Africa, which is Africa's largest bank and is quoted on the

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, and

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of the

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Appointments

Judge's honorary appointments included being an

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of the

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, President of

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and of the

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, Chairman of the Enterprise Education Trust, of

and of the British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce, UK Chairman of the British–North American Committee, a Special Adviser to the

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where he chaired the North American Advisory Council and a Member of the Council of the

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. He was the

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's International Advisory Council and was a member of the Advisory Board for HEC in

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, for the

Athens University of Economics and Business Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB; el, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Oikonomiko Panepistimio Athinon'', abbrev. ΟΠΑ, OPA) was founded in 1920 in Athens, Greece and is the oldest university in Gre ...

and for the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. He was an Emeritus Trustee of The Cambridge Foundation and a member of the

's Alumni Advisory Board (for which he chaired the University's Alumni Communications Group), and in 1990 he endowed £8 million to the

for the foundation of the

. Judge was also a Member of the Finance Committee and of the Alumni Advisory Committee of

. From 2005 to 2008 he was Chair of the

Board of Governors and from 2000 to 2009 was Chairman of the Marketing Standards Board.

UK commercial appointments

At his death, Judge was Chairman of Schroder Income Growth Fund plc, a European equity focused investment trust, a director of ENRC plc, whose main mining assets are in

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, Southern Africa and

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, and of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service which is the government-sponsored umbrella body for International

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and other standards in the UK. As well as his career with Cadbury Schweppes, Judge previously was a main board director of the Boddington Group, Grosvenor Development Capital and the

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. He was a member of the Advisory Board for

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Private Bank from 2000 to 2009.

Further international appointments

Judge was a Director of Tempur-Pedic International Inc. of

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, which is the biggest global mattress and bedding brand and is quoted on the

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and of

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of Dubai, which is the world's leading emerging markets private equity group. His honorary appointments included being the Chairman of th
British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce
UK Chairman of the British–North American Committee, a Special Adviser to the

and a Member of the Council of the

and he was a member of the advisory board of OMFIF. He was a member of the President of

's International Advisory Council and on the Advisory Board for HEC in Paris, for the

and for the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. He was previously Chairman of the

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Board for Europe, Middle East and Africa from 2001–09 and on the Advisory Board for Lynka Promotional Solutions of

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Other honours

He was elected as

of the City of London for the

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of Tower in 2007 and served on the Corporation's Finance Committee. He was a

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of the

, Liveryman of the

and of the

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and a Court Assistant of the

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. Judge was the Aldermanic

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for 2013–14. He was a Fellow of the

, the

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and the Marketing Society and a Companion of the

. Judge had an honorary

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degree from the

, an honorary

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from the

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, an honorary

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from City University and an honorary doctorate from the

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in Serbia. He was an Honorary Professor of the Cyprus International Institute of Management and of the Sinerghia Institute of

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. In 1996 he was appointed a

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for his public and political services. On 17 December 2013 Judge was appointed a Brother of the Order of St John by Queen

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Cambridge Judge Business School

In 1990, the

announced that it would be naming its world-ranking business school after Judge, a British businessman and Cambridge alumnus. Judge provided an endowment of £8 million to the University as a financial foundation for the

. At the time, this was one of the largest donations to any British university, though subsequent endowments have grown progressively larger. He was an Emeritus Trustee of the Cambridge Foundation and a member of the University of Cambridge's Alumni Advisory Board (for which he chaired the University's Alumni Communications Group). Judge maintained an active presence at the University of Cambridge throughout his life, serving in a number of positions and working with his business colleagues to help make the University of endowment the largest of any university outside the United States. Judge was also a Member of the Finance Committee and of the Alumni Advisory Committee of

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Independent political movement

On 8 March 2009 Judge launched a new political movement aimed at promoting independent thought and open governance, termed the

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. The organisation was designed to promote independent candidates with no party allegiance.

Personal life and death

He married Jane Urquart at Trinity College Chapel on 10 July 1976, and their divorce was finalised on 24 April 1980. He subsequently, in 1983, married Anne Foff: that marriage ended in 2001. In 2002 he married Barbara Singer Thomas, chairman of the

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. He had two sons from his marriage to Anne. Judge died on 21 May 2017, aged 68. Following Judge's death, numerous tributes were written to him from the marketing industry, the Association of MBAs and entrepreneurs he had supported.

References

Sources

Biography, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

Profile, Bloomberg Business Week

Profile, National School of Government

Profile, City of London

External links

www.debretts.com

Sir Paul Judge's contact page on OneLeap
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