User:Fred Hallsworth

FRED HALLSWORTH

Fred was educated at St Catherine's Primary School, and then St Mirin's Academy. He left in his 5th year in 1970 when he went to the University of Glasgow. He became an Ordinary member of the Board of Management of Glasgow University Union in 1971/72, and Honorary Secretary in 1972/73. He graduated in 1974 as Bachelor of Accountancy (B Acc), and qualified as a Scottish Chartered Accountant (I.C.A.S.) in 1977 when he also began his career with Arthur Andersen in their Glasgow Office. Apart from a year in their Brussels Office in 1981, he stayed with Andersen's Scottish Practice until 1988 when he transferred to Andersen's Cambridge Office. He spent 10 years there, becoming Managing Partner in 1995, and returning to Scotland in 1998 to take over as Managing Partner of Andersen's Scottish Practice. The Practice had its most successful year ever in 2001/02. However, this also coincided with the demise of Andersen's US Practice following its indictment by George W Bush's US Department of Justice for alleged criminal offences in connection with the bankruptcy of Enron. This indictment was subsequently overturned on an Appeal promoted by the American Chambers of Commerce, but this was too late to prevent the dissolution of Andersen's UK Practice in July 2002. Fred and his team then joined Deloitte where Fred agreed to spend a minimum of two years. He left in 2005 to begin his new career as a non-executive director and business adviser to companies, mainly in the Technology and Life Sciences sectors. Full details of Fred's biography, career and past and current appointments are on www.fredhallsworth.com.

Fred is married to Nicola. They live in Houston, Renfrewshire with a second home in Cambridge. Fred has three children - Damien (1980), Mark (1983) and Amelia (1993). Nicola has two - Emily (1985) and Victoria (1987). They have two dogs - Paddington (bulldog) and Serge (Dogue de Bordeaux) - a horse (Nico, and a cat (Panda).