| Executive roles |
|
| PA to Managing Director, Lombard Bank |
1959 - 1961 |
| General Manger of the Melbury Group |
1961 - 1964 |
| Finance Director, British Printing Corporation and subsequently Deputy Chairman |
1965 - 1978 |
| Managing Director, Trust Houses ) |
1968 - 1971 |
| Chief Executive Trust Houses Forte ) |
|
| Founder Chairman Happy Eater family restaurants |
1972 - 1986 |
| Co-founder Pinnacle Clubs, formerly All Weather Sports Activities |
1972 - 1999 |
| Chairman Courage plc |
1981 - 1986 |
| Deputy Chief Executive Imperial Group |
1985 - 1986 |
| Deputy Chief Executive and then Chief Executive Sears plc |
1986 - 1992 |
| Chairman Freemans plc |
1988 - 1992 |
| Non-Executive Director Roles |
|
| Electra Investment Trust |
1989 - 2002 |
| Nationwide Building Society |
1991 - 1994 |
| Automobile Association |
1992 - 1998 |
| United Racecourses |
1993 - 2003 |
| Director Bentalls plc |
1993 - 2001 |
| Director Brown Shipley Holdings |
1986 - 1993 |
| Non-Executive Chairman Roles |
|
Chairman Grattan Mail Order plc |
1978 - 1984 |
| National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) |
1998 - 2002 |
| Freeport plc |
2001 - 2003 |
| Bullough plc |
1998 - 2003 |
| Government Roles & Representative Roles |
|
| Board member of British Tourist Authority |
1969 - 1973 |
| Chairman London Docklands Development Corporation |
1992 - 1998 |
| Chairman – Housing Forum |
1999 - 2002 |
Co-founder and Chairman London First Centre
(Think London) |
1992 - 2002 |
| Vice-President London First |
2002 - 2004 |
| Non-Governmental Roles |
|
| Education |
|
| Governor, Roedean School |
1965 - 1980 |
| Chairman of Governors, Roedean School |
1980 - 1990 |
| Governor, Oundle School |
1988 - 2000 |
| Chairman of Governors, Oundle School |
2004 - 2007 |
| Livery Company |
|
| Member of the Court of the Grocers' Company |
1990 - 2008 |
| Master Grocer |
1995 - 1996 |
| Sport |
|
| Chairman of Walton Heath Golf Club |
2004 - 2009 |
| President of Surrey County Cricket Club |
2013 |
| Chairman Dorking Rugby Football Club Trustee Board |
2009 - 2011 |
| President Headley Old Freemen's Cricket Club |
1986 - |
| Deputy Chairman Epsom Downs Racecourse |
2003 - 2006 |
| President Headley Old Freemen's Cricket Club |
1986 - 2025 |
| Awards |
|
| Hon LLD East London University |
1997 |
| Knighthood |
1997 |
Sir Michael Pickard |
