Philip Bushill-Matthews

Education 1950–1956: [Edgbaston Preparatory School (Hallfield)] 1956–1962: Malvern College 1962–1965: MA (English Language and Literature), University College, Oxford 1987: Harvard Business School: six-week Advanced Management Program 2015: BA Hons First Class in Archaeology, University of Leicester

Career 1965: Joined Unilever 1976: Seconded to Thomas Lipton Inc., U.S. 1977: National Accounts Director, Birds Eye Sales Ltd 1980: Managing Director, Iglo Indústrias de Gelados, Lisbon 1981: Sales Director, later Sales & Distribution Director Birds Eye Wall's Ltd 1988: Managing Director, Craigmillar Ltd, and Director, Van den Bergh and Jurgens Ltd 1991: Managing Director, Red Mill Snack Foods Ltd, Wednesbury, West Midlands, and Managing Director, Red Mill Company BV, Netherlands 1999: Conservative MEP, European Parliament; and Conservative Spokesman for Employment & Social Affairs, European Parliament 2003: Author of 'The Gravy Train' 2005: Author of 'Who Rules Britannia?' 2007: Deputy Leader of Conservative MEPs, European Parliament 2007: Co-ordinator for Employment and Social Affairs for European Peoples' Party and European Democrats 2008: Leader of Conservative MEPs 2011: Non-executive director of the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust 2012: Vice-chairman of the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust 2018: Author of 'The Eras of La Gomera'