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About Philip Hampton

23 June 2004

Philip Hampton joined the auditors Coopers & Lybrand, London, in 1975 and worked in London and W. Africa. In 1981 he joined Lazard Brothers, working on mergers and acquisitions, business restructurings and capital markets. In 1986 he was seconded to Lazard Freres, New York, and also worked extensively with Lazard Freres in Paris. From 1990, he worked for British Steel plc as Group Finance Director. He became Group Finance Director of British Gas in July 1996 and BT's Group Finance Director in October 2000. From June 2002 until March 2004 he worked as Finance Director for LloydsTSB.

Philip Hampton graduated from Lincoln College, Oxford, where he gained an MA in English in 1975. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1978 and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He attended INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, in 1980-81, gaining an MBA.

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