Brandon Gough
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| Sir Brandon Gough DL |
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| Chancellor of the University of East Anglia | |
| In office 2003–2012 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Geoffrey Allen |
| Succeeded by | Rose Tremain |
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| Born | 8 October 1937 Wallasey, Cheshire, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Weald, Sevenoaks, Kent, England |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Sir Brandon Gough DL (8 October 1937 – 25 April 2012[1] ) was a British businessman, and Chancellor of the University of East Anglia.[2]
Charles Brandon Gough was educated at Douai School and Jesus College, Cambridge where he read Natural Sciences and Law. He held Chairmanships of Yorkshire Water, Coopers & Lybrand and De La Rue plc, and was Chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. He was knighted in 2002.
Appointments
- Cooper Brothers & Co. (subsequently Coopers & Lybrand); Partner 1968; Chairman 1983-1994; Member of Executive Committee, Coopers & Lybrand (International) 1982-1994 (Chairman 1985 & 1991-1992); Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand Europe (1989 & 1992-1994).
- De La Rue plc Director 1994-2004; Chairman 1997-2004
- Yorkshire Water (later Kelda Group) Chairman 1996-2000
- Chancellor of the University of East Anglia 2003-2012
- Deputy Lieutenant for Kent 2005-2012
- Locate in Kent Ltd Chairman 2006-2012
