Sir Philip Hampton
Sir Philip Hampton started his professional career with the auditors Coopers & Lybrand in 1975, working in various audit and investigation positions in London and West Africa. In 1981 he joined Lazard Brothers, working on mergers and acquisitions, business restructurings and capital markets.

In l986 he was seconded to Lazard Freres in New York and also worked extensively with Lazard Freres in Paris.

From 1990 he worked for British Steel as Group Finance Director and became Group Finance Director of British Gas in July 1996. In 2000 he joined BT as Group Finance Director. From June 2002 until March 2004 he worked as CFO for the Lloyds TSB Group.

Board Mandates
Sir Philip is the Chairman of J. Sainsbury since 2004.

In addition to his previous Executive Directorships at British Gas, BT and Lloyds TSB,
he has also been Non-Executive Director at RMC Group.

He is a Non-Executive Director at Belgacom since 2004, where he also chairs the
Audit Committee.

Sir Philip led the “Hampton Review” into regulatory inspection and enforcement published by the Treasury in 2005.

Awards
In December 2006 Sir Philip was knighted for his contribution to Public Services.