2 Quotes & Sayings By Richard Askwith
Richard Askwith was born in London and educated at Cambridge, where he read History and achieved a First in his final exams. He went to work for the international publishing group, Hodder and Stoughton, in their New York office. After a couple of years he moved to London and founded The Independent Magazine in 1968. He was editor-in-chief until the magazine was taken over by Gustavo Corporation in 1981, when he became Managing Director of The Independent
In 1986 Richard Askwith founded The Independent on Sunday. He remains Chairman. Over the years Richard Askwith has served on many public bodies including the Council of Industrial and Provident Societies and is currently a governor of the British Museum.
He is Chairman and non-executive director of Parexel (UK) Limited; Director; and member of the Advisory Board for United Press International; member of the National Council for Visually Handicapped Children; director of two companies in Hong Kong; trustee of The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, The Hong Kong University Foundation, and The Outreach Trust (UK); member Frederick Leigh; member of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal; member of the Board for ENSA (the European National Service Abroad); director of Charles Ansell Ltd.; governor of Hertford College, Oxford University; governor of The London School for Economics & Political Science; governor of Queen Elizabeth's School, Hong Kong; governor of Trinity College, Oxford University; governor of Trinity College, Oxford University's Rhodes Scholars Centre Programme Committee; governor of Queen Mary's School, Hong Kong; governor of Warwick House School