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Archie Norman
ARCHIE NORMAN was born in May 1954. He was educated at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (MA Economics); and Harvard Business School (MBA).
Business Background
Previous employment has included Citibank NA, Partner, McKinsey & Co Plc, Group Finance Director of Kingfisher Plc, Chief Executive of Asda Group Plc and Chairman of Asda Group Plc.
Archie was a Non Executive Director of Geest Plc from, of British Rail, and was a Non Executive Director of Railtrack.
Other positions he has held include UK Retailer of the Year, Yorkshire Businessman of the Year, and a Member of the Cancer Research Board.
He has also previously been a Member of the HM Government Deregulation Taskforce, and a Member of the Anglo-German Deregulation Taskforce.
Member of Parliament
Archie was elected Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells.
He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, with special responsibility for the reform and renewal programme. In the last 90's he was appointed Chief Executive of the Conservative Party. In a reshuffle, Archie became Shadow Minister for Europe. Soon after he was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions.
Conference Speaker
As a Business Speaker, Archie talks on a variety of topics including leadership, customer service and change.
