John Watson, Esq, OBE

Career: asst slr Hepworth & Chadwick 1967-69, mgmnt trainee John Waddingtons Ltd 1969-73, md Waddingtons Games Ltd 1976-79 (mktg dir 1973-76), dir Main Bd John Waddingtons plc 1979-89; MP (Cons): Skipton 1979-83, Skipton and Ripon 1983-87; PPS 1981-86; dir Goddard Kay Rogers (Northern) Ltd 1989-93; memb Leeds Devpt Corp 1988-93, chief exec Bradford City Challenge Ltd 1992-97, chm Heritage Lottery Fund for Yorkshire 2005-, chm Partnership Investment Finance Ltd; non-exec dir Yorkshire Building Society 1995-2004; chm Bradford Community NHS Tst 1996-2002; memb N Yorks CC 2005- (dep ldr 2009-); nat chm Young Cons 1970-72, chm Cons Candidates Assoc 1975-79, pres Br Youth Cncl 1979-83, Freeman City of London, memb Ct of Assts Worshipful Co of the Makers of Playing Cards; memb Law Soc

Books and Publications: Home from Home (1973), Changing Gear (contrib, 1982), View From The Terrace (contrib, 1986)