Theodore Agnew

Sir Theodore Agnew DL[1] is a Norfolk businessman and philanthropist.

He was educated at Rugby School. After working in Australia, he founded Town & Country Assistance in 1989 and grew the business to annual gross revenues of £40 million pa. Selling it to Warburg Pincus in 2002, he became co-founder of WNS Global Services. He resigned as a non-executive director of Jubilee Managing Agency Ltd in 2011, a Lloyd’s insurance business managing £130 million of premiums. He is a trustee of Policy Exchange,[2] a Westminster-based think tank, and resigned as chairman of the Norfolk Community Foundation in 2013.[3] Agnew is the non-executive director of the Department for Education and chairman of the Academies Board,[4] responsible for oversight of the Academies programme in England, and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Norfolk in 2013.

Agnew was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to education.[5][6]

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Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/60697/notices/1947212
  2. ↑ George, Martin (9 August 2013). "Theodore Agnew from 11 plus misery and brothel cleaning to business success and a top job at the department for education". www.edp24.org.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Emanuel, Sam (25 May 2010). "Norfolk Foundation hands out one million pounds". www.edp24.org.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Academies Board". Department for Education. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61092. p. N2. 31 December 2014.
  6. ↑ 2015 New Year Honours List