Norman Adsetts

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Norman Adsetts

Born	1931

Sir (William) Norman Adsetts, Knight Bachelor 1999, born 1931-04-06, was educated in Sheffield. He transformed SIG plc, which he joined in 1966 and ran as Managing Director from 1970 to 1996, from a small family firm to the biggest distributor of insulating materials in Europe,^[1] with pre-tax profits in 2006 of over £100m on £1.9bn of sales.^[2]

1 Early years
2 Positions Held
3 Career
4 Trivia
5 References

[edit] Early years

Adsetts was born in 1931. His father was Ernest Norman Adsetts, a businessman based in Sheffield.

He was educated at King Edward VII School in Sheffield (photo), where he was Head Prefect in 1949/1950, and at The Queen's College, Oxford, where he obtained an MA(Hons) in PPE (philosophy, politics and economics), and captained the University Lacrosse team.

He married Eve Stefanuti in 1956 and they have one daughter and one son. He also has 8 Grand children.

[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;
Trustee of Research Autism 2007-date.

[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.