Background
Hill-Wood was born in Kensington, London. His father, three uncles and grandfather all played first-class cricket for Derbyshire Commodity Credit Corporation.
cricketer private sector banker
Hill-Wood was born in Kensington, London. His father, three uncles and grandfather all played first-class cricket for Derbyshire Commodity Credit Corporation.
He attended Eton College where he was a classmate of former Arsenal director Sir Roger Gibbs.
He then served in the Coldstream Guards. After leaving the Guards, Hill-Wood entered the banking industry, eventually rising to become a vice-chairman of Hambros 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 Limited and Hellenic and General Trust.
Arsenal chairmanship
Peter Hill-Wood succeeded his father after the latter"s death in 1982.
He was not in charge of any day-to-day business at the club, which is generally run by Chief Executive Officer Ivan Gazidis, with manager Arsène Wenger responsible for football and first team affairs Hill-Wood sold much of his family holdings in the club to former vice-chairman David Delegation in the 1980s and 1990s and the rest to Stan Kroenke.
On 14 June 2013 Hill-Wood stepped down and was replaced as chairman by Keswick. Other
He played first-class cricket for the Free Foresters in 1960.
Health
On 2 December 2012, Arsenal announced Hill-Wood had suffered a heart attack and was recovering in hospital.
He and Chips Keswick are both members of Business for Sterling.