Philip Hampton
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GlaxoSmithKline expected to name Jonathan Symonds as next chairman
- Health & Pharma
- July 15, 2019, 09:04
UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline is poised to name Jonathan Symonds, a former executive at rivals AstraZeneca and Novartis, as its next chair(...)

European shares slip as Chinese growth slows
- Markets
- January 21, 2019, 18:28
European shares slipped on Monday from six-week highs after China’s fourth-quarter growth figures confirmed a slowdown in the world’s second biggest e(...)

GlaxoSmithKline chairman Philip Hampton to step down
- Health & Pharma
- January 21, 2019, 10:45
GlaxoSmithKline chairman Philip Hampton is to step down from the drugmaker, just a month after the company fired the starting gun on its break-up. Th(...)

‘We have one woman already on the board, so we’re done’
- Business
- May 31, 2018, 12:43
Women aren’t able to understand the “extremely complex” issues Ftse boards deal with, they don’t want the “hassle or pressure” of sitting on a top boa(...)

UK plans to sell half of RBS stake over two years
- Financial Services
- July 6, 2015, 17:53
Britain is planning to sell half its stake in Royal Bank of Scotland, worth £16 billion, within two years, according to sources have said. Chancellor (...)

Novartis, GSK complete deals to reshape both drugmakers
- Health & Pharma
- March 2, 2015, 09:18
GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis said on Monday they had completed a series of asset swaps worth more than $20 billion that will reshape both drugmakers.G(...)

RBS chairman to take top role at GlaxoSmithKline
- Health & Pharma
- September 25, 2014, 13:12
Sir Philip Hampton is in line to become GlaxoSmithKline’s next chairman after more than five years overseeing the restructuring of Royal Bank of Scotl(...)

UK energy secretary turns up heat on suppliers squeezing customers
- Energy & Resources
- November 13, 2013, 01:00
The spectre of Britain’s most reviled company boss, the former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin, was invoked yesterday by a government minister as he (...)

RBS to remain in public hands for next five years, Cable indicates
- Business
- August 11, 2013, 21:07
British business minister Vince Cable has indicated that Ulster Bank parent RBS will be in public hands for another five years, according to the Sunda(...)

Britain to start sale of Lloyds soon, review RBS split
- Financial Services
- June 19, 2013, 21:37
Britain is ready to start selling its shares in Lloyds Banking Group and will examine whether to break up Royal Bank of Scotland, finance minister Geo(...)