- Peter Hill-Wood
Peter Denis Hill-Wood (born
25 February 1936 ) is a British businessman and the current chairman of Arsenal Football Club.Biography
Hill-Wood was born in
Kensington ,London . His father, three uncles and grandfather all played first-class cricket forDerbyshire CCC . He attendedEton College where he was a classmate of former Arsenal DirectorSir Roger Gibbs . He then served in theColdstream Guards . After leaving the Guards, Hill-Wood entered the banking industry, eventually rising to become a vice-chairman ofHambros Bank , having previously been in charge of its investment division.Hill-Wood has since retired from his post at Hambros, and is currently a director of Cavenham Ltd and Hellenic and General Trust.
He married in 1971 and has three children Julian, Charles and Sarah, who is married to Timothy Dana, an American. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE0DF173DF93AA35755C0A9649C8B63 WEDDINGS; Sarah Hill-Wood, Timothy Dana - New York Times ] ]
Arsenal chairmanship
He is the third generation of his family to serve as Chairman of Arsenal, following his father,
Denis Hill-Wood (1962-1982), and his grandfather,Samuel Hill-Wood (1929-1936 & 1946-1949). Peter Hill-Wood succeeded his father after the latter's death in 1982, although as chairman he is not in charge of any day-to-day business at the club; the club is generally run by acting managing directorKen Friar with managerArsène Wenger responsible for football and first team affairs.Hill-Wood was a colleague of
Chips Keswick at Hambros and subsequently saw him recruited to the Arsenal Board to provide strong city contacts at a time when the club were financing their new stadium. [ [http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=&article=354307 Arsenal.com ] ] [ [http://www.anr.uk.com/articles/m-2005-11-17-23-38-14.html Arsenal sign Chips & Phil, Gullit makes ruud remarks ] ]Hill-Wood disposed much of his family holdings in the club to former Vice Chairman
David Dein in the 1980s and 1990s. As at27 March 2007 he owned 500 shares in the club representing 0.80% (worth approximately £3.4m). [ [http://www.plusmarketsgroup.com/story.shtml?ISIN=GB0030895238&NewsID=24595 PLUS Markets Group ] ]Other
*He played first-class cricket for the Free Foresters in 1960.
*He and
Chips Keswick are both members of Business for Sterling. [ [http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:qUhG-zvYHSkJ:www.sourcewatch.org/index.php%3Ftitle%3DBusiness_for_Sterling+peter+hill+wood+chips+keswick&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=6 403 Forbidden ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com Cricket Archive]
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