Sir Paul Judge

Sir Paul grew up in south London where his father was a teacher. He went to a local primary school before passing his 11+ to go to St Dunstan's College in Catford. He then received an Open Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied Natural Sciences and Management Studies. He was awarded a Thouron Fellowship which enabled him to go to the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania where he gained his MBA.

He had a successful career with Cadbury Schweppes where he was Managing Director of Cadbury Schweppes Kenya and of Cadbury Typhoo and became Group Planning Director. He then initiated and led the buyout of the UK, Irish and French food businesses of Cadbury Schweppes to form Premier Brands. After selling Premier Brands, he moved into the public and political sectors where he was Chairman of Food from Britain, Director General of the Conservative Party from 1992 until 1995 and then a Ministerial Adviser at the Cabinet Office. More recently he has been President of the Chartered Management Institute and Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts and of Teachers TV.  He was the key benefactor of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.

He currently holds a number of Board positions in international companies and is very involved in education as President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and of the Association of MBAs, as Chairman of the Enterprise Education Trust and of St Dunstan's College and as Deputy Chairman of the American Management Association in New York. Sir Paul is a Freeman of the City of London, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, of the Institute of Directors and of the Marketing Society and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He holds honorary degrees from Cambridge, City and Westminster universities and became a Knight Bachelor in recognition of his public and political service.

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