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Archibald John Norman (born
1 May 1954) is a
British businessman and
politician. He is presently the first and only
FTSE 100 chairman to have sat in the
House of Commons. Norman was educated at
Charterhouse School, the
University of Minnesota,
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and after a short period at
Citigroup a
Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from
Harvard Business School.
Business career
Norman joined
McKinsey & Company on graduation, where
William Hague was one of his protégés. He then held directorships at
Geest and
Railtrack, before becoming group finance director at then Britain's largest retailer,
Kingfisher plc at 32. Within five years, he was group chief executive and by 42 he was chairman, earning £3 million a year. From 1991 until 2000, Norman was
Chief Executive and then
Chairman of Asda, the large supermarket chain, and with cohort
Allan Leighton is credited with turning it around and making it the second largest in the UK, before its sale to
Wal-Mart in June 1999.
Political career
Having helped form the
think tank Policy Exchange, in 1996 on the advice of
Francis Maude, Norman decided to apply for the
Conservative-safe seat of Tunbridge Wells, soon to be vacated by
Sir Patrick Mayhew. Norman was elected as Conservative
Member of Parliament for
Tunbridge Wells in
England, in the
1997 general election, but with a halved majority of 7,506.
After the heavy defeat in the 1997 election, Norman supported William Hague's bid for leadership, becoming Party Chairman and then serving as a
shadow minister for the environment from 1999 until 2001. Norman's promotion to the Tory frontbench as shadow environment secretary in 2000 wasn't a success, seen as stumbling and inarticulate, though undoubtedly bright: "Just because Asda checkout girls smile at him, he thinks he's got the common touch," joked
Lord Parkinson.
Personal life
Married with one daughter, he's homes in
Yorkshire,
London and
Switzerland - infamously buying only a
pied-à-terre in Tunbridge Wells while MP. His interests include farming, opera, music, fishing, skiing and tennis.
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