Anthony Hobson, Chairman

 

Anthony Hobson joined the Board of Northern Foods plc in 2002 as Deputy Chairman and took over as Chairman from Peter Blackburn CBE in July 2005. He chairs the Nomination Committee.

He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co in 1971 and worked in their offices in Manchester, London, Boston, Massachusetts and The Hague. He received an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia, in 1974.

From 1981 to 1986 he was Finance Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa, of Sperry Corporation, a major US technology multinational.

He then moved to become the Group Finance Director of Legal & General Group plc.

Tony retired from the L&G Board in 2001 and is now Chairman of The Sage Group plc, and a non-executive director of HBOS plc and Glas Cymru.

He was the Senior Independent Director of Thames Water plc before its acquisition by RWE in 2000.