Nov 07 2008
Archie Norman
British Politician and Renowned Businessman
From 1991 until 2000, Archie Norman was Chief Executive and then Chairman of Asda, the large supermarket chain, and was credited with turning it around and making it the second largest in the UK, before its sale to Walmart in June 1999. He helped form the think tank Policy Exchange. In 2002 he joined Energis as Chairman having led a consortium of banks in the purchase and refinance of the UK arm from the administrators of Energis Plc.
“Archie is without doubt one of the UK’s most respected retail executives”
Mr Norman was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Tunbridge Wells in the 1997 general election. Whilst in Parliament he served as a shadow minister from 1999 until 2001, when he returned to the backbenches. He stood down as MP at the May 2005 general election. He has also previously been a Member of the HM Government Deregulation Taskforce (1993-1997) and a Member of the Anglo-German Deregulation Taskforce in 1995. [/expand]
A remarkable and successful businessman, Archie has held a number of prestigious positions for major blue-chip companies. Drawing on his experiences he is able to show decision makers how to design effective business strategies to improve performance, to successfully motivate the workforce and to effectively deal with change.[/expand]
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Change Management
The Retail Industry
Designing Effective Business Strategies
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