Giles Henderson

Sir Giles Henderson CBE
Born	Giles Ian Henderson (1942-04-20) 20 April 1942
Nationality	British
Education	Michaelhouse School, South Africa
Alma mater	University of the Witwatersrand Magdalen College, Oxford
Occupation	Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
Spouse(s)	Lynne Fyfield (1971–present)
Children	Mark Simon Clare
Relatives	Two grandchildren

Giles Ian Henderson, CBE (born 20 April 1942) who was Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.

Early life and education

Henderson was educated at Michaelhouse, a boarding independent school in Balgowan in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, followed by the University of the Witwatersrand, from which he graduated with a B.A degree, and then Magdalen College at the University of Oxford, from which he graduated as Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law. He received a Fulbright Award when he spent a year teaching at the Faculty of Law at University of California, Berkeley in 1966-67.^[1]

Career

Henderson joined the leading London law firm of Slaughter and May in 1968 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1970. He became a partner in 1975 and was elected as the Senior Partner for the period 1993-2001. He was one of HM Government's main advisers on the process of privatisation. He was also a member of the Hampel Committee on Corporate Governance. He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) by HM The Queen in 1992

In 2001 he became Master of Pembroke College, Oxford. Between 2007 and 2009 he held the elected office of Chair of the Conference of Colleges in Oxford and is a member of the Council of the University. He is also Chairman of the Nuffield Medical Trust.

Among his other previous appointments, Henderson was Chairman of the UK-China Forum law group, a non-executive director of Land Securities plc and Standard Life Assurance and a member of the Financial Reporting Council.

Personal life

He married Lynne Fyfield on 21 August 1971. They have two sons, Mark and Simon, a daughter, Clare, and two grandchildren. They have two Golden Retriever dogs which are very popular with the students of the college.

References

↑ "Giles Henderson, Esq, CBE Authorised Biography – Debrett’s People of Today, Giles Henderson, Esq, CBE Profile". Debretts.com. 1942-04-20. Retrieved 2010-04-21.

External links

Jeremy Sutton's portrait of Giles Henderson
Debrett's People of Today (12th edn, London: Debrett's Peerage, 1999), p. 895

Academic offices
Preceded by Robert Stevens	Master of Pembroke College, Oxford 2001-2013	Succeeded by Lynne Brindley

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