Peter Hill-Wood

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Peter Denis Hill-Wood (born 25 February 1936) is a British businessman and the current chairman of Arsenal Football Club.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Arsenal chairmanship
- 1.2 Other
2 External links

[edit] Biography

Hill-Wood was born in Kensington, London. His father, three uncles and grandfather all played first-class cricket for Derbyshire CCC. He attended Eton College where he was a classmate of former Arsenal Director Sir Roger Gibbs. He then served in the Coldstream Guards. After leaving the Guards, Hill-Wood entered the banking industry, eventually rising to become a vice-chairman of Hambros Bank, having previously been in charge of its investment division.

Hill-Wood has since retired from his post at Hambros, and is currently a director of Cavenham Ltd and Hellenic and General Trust.

He married in 1971 and has three children.

[edit] Arsenal chairmanship

He is the third generation of his family to serve as Chairman of Arsenal, following his father, Denis Hill-Wood (1962-1982), and his grandfather, Samuel Hill-Wood (1929-1936 & 1946-1949). Peter Hill-Wood succeeded his father after the latter's death in 1982, although as chairman he is not in charge of any day-to-day business at the club; vice-chairman David Dein, managing director Keith Edelman and Arsenal's biggest shareholder, the diamond trader Danny Fiszman, carry out that role.

Hill-Wood was a colleague of Chips Keswick at Hambros and subsequently saw him recruited to the Arsenal Board to provide strong city contacts at a time when the club were financing their new stadium.[1] [2].

As at 27th March 2007 he owned 500 shares in the club representing 0.80% (worth approximately £3.4m. [3].