Richard Haythornthwaite
| Richard Haythornthwaite | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard Neil Haythornthwaite December 1956 |
| Alma mater |
The Queen's College, Oxford MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Occupation | Business executive |
| Known for | Chairman of MasterCard & Centrica |
Richard Neil Haythornthwaite, known as Rick, (born December 1956) is a British business executive. He serves as the Chairman of MasterCard and Centrica.
Early life
Richard Neil Haythornthwaite was born in December 1956.[1][2] He graduated from The Queen's College, Oxford, where he received a bachelor of science degree in geology.[3] He earned a master's degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management as a Sloan Fellow.[4]
Career
Haythornthwaite was an executive for BP from 1978 to 1995.[2][5] He served as General Manager of the Magnus oilfield, operated by BP Exploration, and later served as the President of BP Venezuela.[2]
Haythornthwaite served as the Chief Executive for Europe and Asia and Group Chief Executive of Blue Circle Industries from 1997 to 2001, until its merger with Lafarge for GBP£3.1 billion in cash.[2][6] He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Invensys from 2001 to 2005.[2][6] He was a partner of Star Capital Partners from 2006 to 2008.[2] He also served as the Chairman of Network Rail.[2][7]
Haythornthwaite has served as the Chairman of MasterCard since May 2006.[2][6] He has also served as the Chairman of Centrica since January 2014.[5][6][7]
Haythornthwaite served on the Boards of Directors of the Imperial Chemical Industries, Lafarge, Premier Oil and Land Securities.[2][5]
Philanthropy
Haythornthwaite served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Southbank Centre for seven years standing down in January 2015.[2][8] He also serves as member of the board of the World Wide Web Foundation.[9] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[10]
Personal life
He was nicknamed "Slick Rick" in a single newspaper piece but the sobriquet has never been used since.[11]
References
- ↑ "Centrica plc". Companies House. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Board of Directors". MasterCard. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Company Overview of STAR Capital Partners Limited: Richard N. Haythornthwaite". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Richard Haythornthwaite profile at World Economic Forum". WEForum.org. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Governance". Centrica. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Kavanagh, Michael (October 4, 2013). "Centrica appoints Rick Haythornthwaite as chairman". Financial Times. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- 1 2 Macalister, Terry (October 4, 2013). "Ex-Network Rail boss to head Centrica". The Guardian. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Board of Governors". Southbank Centre. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Our Board". World Wide Web Foundation. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Richard Haythornthwaite". World Economic Forum. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- ↑ Pfeifer, Sylvia (February 8, 2004). "Third time lucky for Slick Rick?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved October 21, 2015.