Angela Knight
Angela Knight | |
|---|---|
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| Economic Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 5 July 1995 – 1 May 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Anthony Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Helen Liddell |
| Member of Parliament for Erewash | |
| In office 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Rost |
| Succeeded by | Liz Blackman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Angela Ann Knight 31 October 1950 Sheffield, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
Angela Ann Knight CBE (born Angela Ann Cook, 31 October 1950) is the chair of the Office of Tax Simplification. Until recently she was the Chief Executive of Energy UK, the trade association for the energy industry. Previously she was the Chief Executive of the British Bankers' Association and, before that, a Conservative Party Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Erewash from 1992 to 1997. She also served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1995 to 1997.
Early life
Born in Sheffield,[citation needed] Knight went to the Penrhos College boarding school in Colwyn Bay, and Sheffield High School.[1]
She then went to the University of Bristol, gaining a BSc in Chemistry, and became an engineer working for Air Products, where she became a Product Development Manager for nitrogen. She went on to set up and serve as Chief Executive of Cook & Knight Metallurgical Processors Ltd, a specialist contract heat treatment company treating precision engineering components.[2]
Political career
She served as a Conservative councillor on Sheffield City Council from 1987 to 1992. In April 1992 she was elected Member of Parliament for Erewash. She was Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 1995 to 1997. She lost her seat in Parliament to Liz Blackman of the Labour Party in 1997.[2][3]
Later career
Knight became Chief Executive of APCIMS (the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers) in September 1997. She stayed in this role until 2006. Knight was appointed as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to the financial services industry in the 2007 New Year's honours list.[4]
In April 2007 she became the Chief Executive of the British Bankers' Association.[2][3] Bloomberg reports that, in a December 2008 statement, she declared that Libor could be trusted as "a reliable benchmark".[5]
After a verdict against the BBA at the High Court in April 2011, some BBA members criticized Knight's handling of the case and called for her to step down as Chief Executive.[6]
On 1 April 2012 Knight resigned as chief executive of the BBA but said she would remain until a replacement was found.[7]
She was appointed as a non-executive director of Tullett Prebon in September 2011.[8][9][9]
In May 2012 it was announced that Knight had been appointed chief executive of trade body Energy UK, effective the end of July.[10]
She is also a non-executive director of Brewin Dolphin and the Financial Skills Partnership. She has previously been a non-executive director of Scottish Widows, Logica, the Port of London Authority, Lloyds TSB and South East Water.[9][11]
References
- ^ Milner, Mark (21 December 2002). "Knight Fighter". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ a b c Prosser, David (24 February 2007), "A telling advocate for the big banks", The Independent
{{citation}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b Moore, James (11 October 2010), "Angela Knight: 'We're natural hate figures. but that really isn't fair'", The Independent, retrieved 2 January 2012
- ^ "New Year Honours". The Telegraph. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ "Libor Lies Revealed in Rigging of $300 Trillion Benchmark". Bloomberg. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ^ Wilson, Harry; Fletcher, Richard (10 May 2011). "BBA's Angela Knight faces calls to quit after PPI cave in". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ Salmon, James (2 April 2012). "Banks seek new defender as Angela Knight quits British Bankers' Association post". This is MONEY.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Tullett Prebon Appoints Stephen Pull, Angela Knight, to Board". Bloomberg. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ a b c "Investor Relations Directors". Tullett Prebon. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ Davidson, Lauren (14 May 2012). "BBA's Angela Knight to become chief of trade body Energy UK". Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ "Executive Profile: Angela Ann Knight CBE". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
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