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 was appointed Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland in February 2009. He is a Non-Executive Director of Anglo American and also a Non-Executive Director at Belgacom, where he also chairs the Audit Committee.  On October 2009 he retired as Chairman of J. Sainsbury.

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

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.