Barbara Thomas Judge
The Honourable Barbara Thomas
Judge
Mrs Barbara Thomas Judge is a lawyer, international banker and
entrepreneur.
In 1980 she was appointed youngest ever Commissioner of US Securities
and Exchange Commission and an informal spokesman for its accounting
division. In 1983 she moved to Hong Kong as the first woman main board
director of a London merchant bank, Samuel Montagu & Co. Ltd. In 1993
she came to the UK as an executive director of News International plc.
She subsequently led a buy-in of Scotia Haven Food Group and then of
Whitworths Food Group.
Currently she is Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
and Deputy Chairman of Friends' Provident PLC, as well as a
non-executive director of Capital Radio PLC and Quintain Estates and
Development PLC, among others. She is also a Trustee of the Royal
Academy of Arts, The Wallace Collection and a member of the Governing
Body of the School of Oriental and African Studies. In addition, she is
Chairman of the Professional Standards Advisory Board of the Institute
of Directors.
Widely respected for her leadership, experience and decision-making
skills, Mrs Thomas Judge is a speaker who brings a wealth of insights on
globalisation, trends and shifting influences of international
economies.
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