Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield

Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield

Terence James Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield CVO (born 19 October, 1937) is a Labour and Co-operative member of the House of Lords, and a retired banker.

Thomas joined the Co-operative Bank in 1973 as marketing manager. He served as chief executive of the bank for nine years, before retiring in the late 1990s. Cite news
url=http://thenews.coop/news/Wider%20Co-op%20Movement/1427
title=How the Co-op Bank was almost sold for £110m
date=2008-08-29
publisher=Co-operative News
] He was made a life peer as Baron Thomas of Macclesfield, of Prestbury in the County of Cheshire in 1997.Thomas suffered a stroke in 1999.

Thomas's autobiography, "An Inclusive Community with Integrity", was published in 2008, and disclosed details of a successful two year battle to prevent the Co-operative Wholesale Society from selling the bank.

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Further reading

* Citation
last = Thomas | first = Terence James
year = 2008
title = An inclusive community with integrity
isbn = 978-1841040769
publisher = Memoir Club
location = Stanhope
oclc = 227279865


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