Sir Paul R. Judge WG73 died peacefully after a short illness in London on 21 May 2017, age 68. Sir Paul joined Cadbury Schweppes after graduation in 1973 and by 1984 was a member of the Cadbury Schweppes Group Executive Committee. In 1985 he led a £97 million buyout of the Cadbury Schweppes food division and sold it in 1989 for £310 million. He went on to serve on numerous boards (WPP, Schroder Income Growth, Barclays Wealth, Standard Bank), led a number of associations (chairman of the Royal Society of Arts, president of Chartered Management Institute, president of Chartered Institute of Marketing, deputy chairman of the American Management Association) and was appointed director general of the Conservative Party by Prime Minister John Major.
He was elected member of four Worshipful Companies (Marketors, Educators, Clothworkers and Management Consultants) in the City of London. After he served as Master of the Guild of Marketors, he founded the Guild of Entrepreneurs. From 2006 he was elected alderman for the Ward of Tower Hamlets London and in 2014 Sheriff to the Lord Mayor of London. For his contribution to the City, HM The Queen conferred upon him the Order of St. John.
However, Sir Paul, Lady Anne Judge WG75, and Simon Sainsbury will be most remembered for their 1990 benefaction to Cambridge University to establish the Cambridge Judge Business School. Today the FT ranks CJBS fifth of the world’s top business schools, after Insead, Stanford, Wharton, and Harvard. For his contribution to public and political service, HM The Queen conferred upon him a Knights Bachelor. Cambridge University awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree. Sir Paul leaves behind a legacy in education, business, and charity.
Sir Paul was buried in the village churchyard of his son’s family home in Elmbridge, Worcestershire. A memorial dinner at Trinity College Cambridge and a memorial service in the City of London are planned to celebrate his life.
