Philip Kendall Non-Executive Director
Philip Kendall has a wealth of experience in the global capital markets arena, having spent some thirty years in the City and on Wall Street. Starting with Baring Brothers in London and New York, he subsequently acted as a board member of Samuel Montagu for 12 years. Most recently, as a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Philip headed the firm’s practice in listed company advisory work, in particular developing their significant position in public-to-private takeovers. His extensive bid experience includes retail, media, property and financial services, both domestic and international.
Between September 2005 and April 2007, Philip served as a non-executive director at Compel Group plc: a leading provider of IT solutions which was purchased by and became part of the 2e2 Group in March 2007. Philip is currently a senior adviser at Hawkpoint Partners Ltd, a leading independent corporate finance advisory firm and since May 2007, Philip has also held the non-executive chairmanship of Rugby Estates Investment Trust plc: a London-listed ‘REIT’ focused on building a portfolio of investment properties across the UK. He is also a non-executive director of Hexagon Human Capital plc.
Philip holds a BA honours degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford and also holds a diploma in business administration from Manchester Business School.