Angela Knight

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{{Short description|British politician and official}}
{{For|the American author|Angela Knight (author)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Angela Knight
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
| image = Angela Knight 2015.jpg
| caption = Knight in 2015
| office = [[Economic Secretary to the Treasury]]
| primeminister = [[John Major]]
| term_start = 5 July 1995
| term_end = 2 May 1997
| predecessor = [[Anthony Nelson (politician)|Anthony Nelson]]
| successor = [[Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke|Helen Liddell]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)|Erewash]]
| term_start1 = 9 April 1992
| term_end1 = 8 April 1997
| predecessor1 = [[Peter Rost (politician)|Peter Rost]]
| successor1 = [[Liz Blackman]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|10|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sheffield]], England
| birth_name = Angela Ann Knight
| death_date =
| nationality = British
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| spouse =
| alma_mater = [[University of Bristol]]
| website =
}}
'''Angela Ann Knight''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]</small> (born Angela Ann Cook, 31 October 1950) is a [[British people|British]] politician and official. She served as the chair of the [[Office of Tax Simplification]] until 18 March 2019. Prior to this, she was the Chief Executive of [[Energy Retail Association|Energy UK]], the trade association for the energy industry. Earlier, she was the Chief Executive of the [[British Bankers' Association]] and, before that, a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Member of Parliament]] representing the constituency of [[Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)|Erewash]] from 1992 to 1997. She also served as [[Economic Secretary to the Treasury]] from 1995 to 1997.

==Early life==
Born in [[Sheffield]],{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} Knight went to the [[Rydal Penrhos|Penrhos College]] boarding school in [[Colwyn Bay]], and [[Sheffield High School (South Yorkshire)|Sheffield High School]].<ref name="Knight Fighter">{{cite news |title=Knight Fighter |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2002/dec/21/mbas.highereducation |date=21 December 2002 |access-date=16 May 2012 |first=Mark |last=Milner}}</ref>

She then went to the [[University of Bristol]], gaining a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in Chemistry, and became an engineer working for [[Air Products & Chemicals|Air Products]], where she became a Product Development Manager for nitrogen. She went on to set up and serve as Chief Executive of Cook & Knight Metallurgical Processors Ltd, a specialist contract heat treatment company treating precision engineering components.<ref name="Telling Advocate" />

==Political career==
She served as a Conservative councillor on [[Sheffield City Council]] from 1987 to 1992. In April 1992 she was elected Member of Parliament for Erewash. She was [[Economic Secretary to the Treasury]] from 1995 to 1997. She lost her seat in Parliament to [[Liz Blackman]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in 1997.<ref name="Telling Advocate">{{citation |title=A telling advocate for the big banks |newspaper=The Independent |date=24 February 2007 |first=David |last=Prosser}}</ref><ref name="Hate Figures">{{citation |title=Angela Knight: 'We're natural hate figures. but that really isn't fair' |first=James |last=Moore |newspaper=The Independent |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=2 January 2012 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/angela-knight-were-natural-hate-figures-but-that-really-isnt-fair-2103183.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/angela-knight-were-natural-hate-figures-but-that-really-isnt-fair-2103183.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Later career==
Knight became Chief Executive of APCIMS (the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers) in September 1997. She stayed in this role until 2006. Knight was appointed as a [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] for services to the financial services industry in the 2007 New Year's honours list.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Year Honours |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2953034/New-Year-Honours.html |work=The Telegraph |date=30 December 2006 |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref>

In April 2007 she became the Chief Executive of the [[British Bankers' Association]].<ref name="Telling Advocate"/><ref name="Hate Figures"/> Bloomberg reports that, in a December 2008 statement, she declared that Libor could be trusted as "a reliable benchmark".<ref>{{cite news |title=Libor Lies Revealed in Rigging of $300 Trillion Benchmark |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-28/libor-lies-revealed-in-rigging-of-300-trillion-benchmark.html |work=Bloomberg |date=28 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref> After a verdict against the BBA at the [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] in April 2011, some BBA members criticized Knight's handling of the case and called for her to step down as Chief Executive.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/8503422/BBAs-Angela-Knight-faces-calls-to-quit-after-PPI-cave-in.html |title=BBA's Angela Knight faces calls to quit after PPI cave in |work=The Telegraph |first1=Harry |last1=Wilson |first2=Richard |last2=Fletcher |date=10 May 2011 |access-date=15 January 2012}}</ref> On 1 April 2012 Knight resigned as chief executive of the BBA but said she would remain until a replacement was found. She stepped down in September of that year. {{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

In May 2012 it was announced that Knight had been appointed chief executive of trade body Energy UK, effective the end of July.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityam.com/latest-news/bba-s-angela-knight-become-chief-trade-body-energy-uk |title=BBA's Angela Knight to become chief of trade body Energy UK |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=16 May 2012 |first=Lauren |last=Davidson}}</ref> She stepped down from this position in 2014 to focus on her non-executive portfolio career.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Energy UK's Angela Knight announces her intention to step down {{!}} Energy UK|url=https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/media-and-campaigns/press-releases/20-2014/207-energy-uk-s-angela-knight-announces-her-intention-to-step-down.html|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.energy-uk.org.uk}}</ref>

As of 2021, Knight's portfolio of directorships includes [[TP ICAP|Tullett Prebon]],<ref>{{cite news|date=1 September 2011|title=Tullett Prebon Appoints Stephen Pull, Angela Knight, to Board|publisher=Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-01/tullett-prebon-appoints-stephen-pull-angela-knight-to-board.html|access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="tullettprebon">{{cite web|title=Investor Relations Directors|url=http://www.tullettprebon.com/investor/investor_directors.aspx|access-date=16 May 2012|publisher=Tullett Prebon}}</ref> [[Provident Financial]], [[Taylor Wimpey]], [[Arbuthnot Latham|Arbuthnot Latham & Co]] and Froggatt Trustee Ltd in the UK, [[Encore Capital Group]] in the US, and Astana Financial Services Authority in Kazakhstan. She is also an advisor to Goodacre UK and Oxera Consulting. She has previously served as a non-executive director of [[Brewin Dolphin]], [[Office of Tax Simplification]], [[Transport for London]], Financial Skills Partnership, [[Scottish Widows]], [[Logica]], the [[Port of London Authority]], [[Lloyds TSB]] and [[South East Water]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=6674368&ticker=BRW:LN&previousCapId=24687354&previousTitle=TULLETT%20PREBON%20PLC |title=Executive Profile: Angela Ann Knight CBE |publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |access-date=17 May 2012}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.energy-uk.org.uk Energy UK]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011172609/http://www.bba.org.uk/bba/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=153&a=7992 British Bankers' Association]
*{{hansard-contribs | mrs-angela-knight | Angela Knight }}

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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)|Erewash]]
| years = [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]]–[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
| before = [[Peter Rost (politician)|Peter Rost]]
| after = [[Liz Blackman]]
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