Ian Hugh Phillipps

Background

Phillipps, Ian Hugh was born on November 15, 1924 in London. Son of Fredrick Alfred and Gwendolen Herbert (Smith) Phillipps.

Education

Bachelor, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1945. Master of Arts, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1949.

Career

With wartime engineering research, Ministry of Supply, United Kingdom, 1944-1945; design engineer/manager, Humphreys & Glasgow Ltd., London, 1945-1960; sales director, Humphreys & Glasgow Ltd., London, 1960-1967; director, Tube Investments Plc., London, 1970-1981; chairman, chief executive domestic appliance division, Tube Investments Plc., London, 1970-1974; chairman, chief executive, Raleigh Industries Ltd., Nottingham, England, 1974-1981; director, Chamberlain Phipps Plc., Northants, England, 1982-1989; chairman, Wests Group International Plc., Cheshire, England, 1983-1986; chairman, The BSS Group Plc., Leicester, England, since 1986.

Achievements

• Ian Hugh Phillipps has been listed as a noteworthy civil engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman of council Society British Gas Industries, London, 1970-1972. President of council Bicycle Association Great Britain, Coventry, 1977-1979. Member National Pay Review Body for Nursing and Professions Allied to Medicine, United Kingdom, 1984-1991.

Member council University Nottingham, 1979-1996. Chairman Industry Year '86 East Midlands, 1986. Governor Welbeck College, Notts., 1987-1994.

President British Association for Cricketers with Disabilities, 1992-1995. Fellow Royal Academy Engineering, Institution Civil Engineers, Institution Gas Engineers, Council Confed. British Industry (chairman East Midlands region 1983-1984).

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, rowing, brass bands.

Connections

Married Jennifer Robinson, October 14, 1958. Children: Victoria, Vere, Christina.

Father:

Fredrick Alfred Phillipps

Mother:

Gwendolen Herbert (Smith) Phillipps

Spouse:

Jennifer Robinson

child:

Victoria Phillipps

child:

Christina Phillipps

child:

Vere Phillipps