Biography | Philip Charles Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham (born 15 September 1942, Peckham, South London) is an English Conservative member of the House of Lords and businessman.
]Harris is the chairman of Carpetright plc and has over 50 years experience in carpet retailing. He was chairman and chief executive of Harris Carpets. Harris Carpets acquired Queensway in 1977 to become Harris Queensway plc until the company was taken over in 1988. Lord Harris was also a non-executive director of Great Universal Stores plc for 18 years, retiring from the GUS Board in July 2004. Lord Harris became a non-executive director of Matalan in October 2004.
Arsenal Football Club.]He was appointed to the board of Arsenal Football Club as a non-executive director in November 2005. |