Julian Horn-Smith

Horn-Smith received a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of London, and a master's degree in Business Administration with Finance and Marketing from the University of Bath in 1979. In 2007 Horn-Smith received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bath where he was a pro-chancellor and a member of the University Council until July 2018. In 2004, he received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to international telecommunications. ==Current business activities==

In 2006, Horn-Smith was appointed to the board of Digicel Group, a private telecom group. Between 2010 and July 2018, Horn-Smith was a Pro Chancellor of Bath University where he also chairs the School of Management's Advisory Board. Until May 2012, Horn-Smith was a member of the board of Lloyds Banking Group where he chaired the nomination committee that selected Sir Win Bischoff, the recent chairman. Following the take-over of HBOS, Lloyds are today the UK's largest retail bank. Horn-Smith has been a senior advisor at UBS Investment Bank since 2007, specialising in the telecom and media sector, advising several major telecommunication companies. Since 2009, he has also been a senior advisor at the UK private equity group CVC, based in London. In 2009, he joined the board of e-Mobile and eAccess in Japan. He advised them during the takeover by Softbank. Until early 2015 he was an advisor to the chairman and the board of Etisalat. In late 2013, Horn-Smith joined Alix Partners, the US consulting group (part owned by CVC), as an advisor in the telecommunications sector. He held non-executive directorships at UK FTSE companies including Smiths Group plc (Engineering), Sage Group plc (software), where he also served as chairman, DelaRue plc (security printing) and Acer Group (Taiwan). He has also served on the boards of Verizon Wireless and China Mobile. In September 2020, Horn-Smith was named chairman of renewable energy start-up Alpha 311. ==References==