Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield

For other people with the same name, see Terry Thomas (disambiguation).

Terence James Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield CBE (born 19 October 1937) is a Labour and Co-operative politician and banker.

Thomas joined the Co-operative Bank in 1973 as marketing manager.[1] He served as chief executive of the bank for nine years, before retiring in the late 1990s.[1] He reportedly suffered a stroke in 1999.

He was Chairman of the East Manchester Partnership (1990–1996) and founding Chairman of the North West Partnership. Thomas later served as Chair of Capita Group (1997–98). He was a member of the House of Lords Monetary Policy & European Affairs Select Committees. He is a member of the Regional Policy Forum, President of the Society for Co-operative Studies, Honorary President of the North West Co-operative and Mutual Council and Life President of the North West Business Leadership Team.[2]

Having been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours,[3] he was created a life peer as Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, of Prestbury in the County of Cheshire on 5 November 1997.[4] He sat in the House of Lords until 18 May 2016, at which point he ceased to be a member pursuant to section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, having failed to attend during the whole of the 2015-16 session without being on leave of absence.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "How the Co-op Bank was almost sold for £110m". thenews.coop. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Profile; accessed 13 April 2009.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54794. p. 9. 14 June 1997.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 54945. p. 12655. 11 November 1997.
  5. ↑ "Four absent peers cease to be House of Lords members". BBC News. Retrieved May 20, 2016.

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