A cellphone name from the industrialist Sir John Parker set Sir Philip Hampton on his non-executive profession.
Parker had simply turn out to be chairman of RMC (Prepared Combined Concrete). He needed Hampton, a chartered accountant, to lend his monetary acumen and assist flip across the FTSE 100 firm.
After three years, it was in good sufficient form to be bought to a Mexican rival. “It was an excellent end result for shareholders,” recalled Hampton, 68.
It was for him, too. That first publish 20 years in the past was the start line for greater than a dozen non-executive seats, together with as chairman of Royal Financial institution of Scotland, which propelled him into the nation’s consciousness, and Glaxo Smith Kline.
For his distinguished document, notably his work on enhancing gender range in