Norman Adsetts
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Sir (William) Norman Adsetts, Knight Bachelor 1999; OBE 1988. Hon Life President SIG plc since 1996.
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[edit] Early Years
b 06.04.1931; Parents: Ernest Norman Adsetts and Hilda Rachel (née Wheeler). m 1956, Eve Stefanuti; one d, one s.
He was educated at King Edward VII School (Sheffield) (photo), where he was Head Prefect in 1949/1950, and The Queen's College, Oxford, where he obtained an MA(Hons) in PPE.
[edit] Positions Held
- Chairman of the Yorkshire and Humberside Region of the CBI, 1989-91;
- Chairman, Sheffield Partnership Limited, 1987-92;
- Deputy Chairman, Sheffield Development Corporation 1991-97;
- Chairman of the Board of Governors at Sheffield Hallam University, 1993-99;
- Chairman of Sheffield Theatres Trust Ltd, 1996-2005;
- Trustee of the Hillsborough Disaster Appeal Fund, 1989-96.
- Chairman Sheffield First for Investment 1999-2002;
- Chairman Kelham River-side Development Agency 1998-2002;
- Chairman of Governors Mount St Mary's College 1999-date;
- Member, Hallam Diocese Finance Board, 1998-2004.
[edit] Career
- National Service in the Royal Air Force.
- 1955, Fibreglass Limited, graduate trainee, sales and marketing, research and development.
- 1966, Director, Sheffield Insulations Limited (now SIG plc)
- 1970, Managing Director.
- 1985-1996, Group Chairman.
- 1996-date Hon Life President.
- 1985-90, Chairman of the Association for the Conservation of Energy.
- 1993-95, Member of the Government Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment; Member of National Council of Arts Council England; Chairman of Arts Council England (Yorkshire), 2002-2005.
