Christopher Hogg
{{Short description|British industrialist and business executive (1936–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name = Christopher Hogg
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FCSD|FCGI}}
| image = 23. Internationales Management-Gespräch-Sir Christopher Hogg-HSGN 028-00942.jpg
| caption = Hogg in 1993
| birth_name = Christopher Anthony Hogg
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1936|08|02}}
| birth_place = Surrey, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|12|07|1936|08|02}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Anne Patricia Cathie|1961|1997|end=div}}
- {{marriage|Miriam Stoppard|1997}}
}}
| children = 2, including Cressida Hogg
| education = Marlborough College
| alma_mater = Trinity College, Oxford
Harvard University
IMEDE Business School
| occupation = Business executive
}}
Sir Christopher Anthony Hogg {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FCSD|FCGI}} (2 August 1936 – 7 December 2021) was a British business executive.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/956/956263/956263.html Profile], cricketarchive.com; accessed 4 April 2016.
Early life and education
Hogg was born in Surrey, son of Anthony Wentworth Hogg and wife Monica Gladwell. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford. He performed his National Service in the Parachute Regiment (1955–1957).[http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/86131/Christopher-HOGG Profile], debretts.com; accessed 4 April 2016. Hogg attended IMEDE Business School (Lausanne, 1962), and Harvard University, where he earned his MBA.{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 1937 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}
Business career
Hogg began his career with Philip Hill Higginson Erlangers Ltd (now Hill Samuel & Co Ltd; from 1963 to 1966). He worked for Courtaulds from 1968 onwards, then Europe's largest textile company. He became a Director in 1973, was appointed Chief Executive in 1979 and became Executive Chairman on 1 January 1980. He retired as Chief Executive in 1991.
{{cite web|url=http://www.chairmanmentors.com/mentor-sir-christopher-hogg.php |title=Chairman Mentors International - Board Mentor Sir Christopher Hogg |website=Chairmanmentors.com |date=1 January 1980 |accessdate=22 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/courtaulds-board-changes-156345995.html |title=Courtaulds Board Changes /Pr Newswire Uk/ |website=Prnewswire.co.uk |date= |accessdate=22 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.icaew.com/en/archive/about-icaew/newsroom/press-releases/2013-press-releases/sir-christopher-hogg-awarded-icaew-honorary-membership |title=Sir Christopher Hogg awarded ICAEW honorary membership |website=ICAEW.com |date=5 June 2013 |accessdate=22 June 2016}}
He later served as a member of the Department of Industry's Industrial Development Advisory Board from 1976 to 1980. He was a member of JP Morgan's International Advisory Council from 1988 to 2003.
Hogg served as a Non-Executive Director of the Bank of England from March 1992 for a four-year term and a Trustee of the Ford Foundation from 1987 to 1999. He joined the board of Allied Domecq in 1995 and was its Chairman from 1996 until March 2002. He was a Non-Executive Director of Reuters Group from 1984 and its Chairman from 1985 to 2004, and later served as Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council from 2006 to April 2010.[http://www.chairmanmentors.com/mentor-sir-christopher-hogg.php Profile], chairmanmentors.com; accessed 4 April 2016.
He was a Non-Executive Director of Air Liquide from 2000 to 2005, and of SmithKline Beecham from 1993 to 2000. He was a Non-Executive Director of GlaxoSmithKline from 2000, and its Chairman between 2002-04. Hogg chaired the National Theatre from 1995 to 2004.[http://www.financepractitioner.com/contributor-biographies/sir-christopher-hogg Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420144226/http://www.financepractitioner.com/contributor-biographies/sir-christopher-hogg |date=20 April 2016 }}, financepractitioner.com; accessed 4 April 2016.[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=300116&privcapId=875477 Profile], bloomberg.com; accessed 4 April 2016.
Hogg died on 7 December 2021, at the age of 85.{{cite news|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/253983/hogg-sir-christopher |title=HOGG Sir Christopher |website=Telegraph|access-date=10 December 2021}}
Awards
- Knight Bachelor, 1985
- Honorary Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, 2013[http://www.icaew.com/en/archive/about-icaew/newsroom/press-releases/2013-press-releases/sir-christopher-hogg-awarded-icaew-honorary-membership Sir Christopher Hogg awarded honorary membership of the ICAEW], icaew.com; accessed 4 April 2016.
- Hon. DSc., Cranfield Institute of Technology, 1986
- Hon. DSc., Aston University, 1988
- Hon. Fellow, Trinity College, Oxford, 1982
- Hon. FCSD
- Hon. FCGI
Family
Twice married, Hogg was married to Miriam Stoppard from 1997 until his death.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/6027340/My-Perfect-Weekend-Miriam-Stoppard.html Miriam Stoppard: "My Perfect Weekend"], telegraph.co.uk; accessed 4 April 2016. He had two daughters from a previous marriage, the younger of whom, Cressida, was married to The Hon. Henry Legge (born 28 December 1968), son of Gerald Legge, 9th Earl of Dartmouth.[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/may/16/theobserver.observerbusiness15 Sir Christopher Hope profile], theguardian.com, 16 May 2004; accessed 4 April 2016.
References
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External links
- [http://www.scotsman.com/business/management/profile-sir-christopher-hogg-1-1379583 Profile], scotsman.com; accessed 4 April 2016.
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