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'''Paul Wilkinson''' is the chairman of [[Thorntons]].

==Career==
Wilkinson joined confectioners [[Thorntons]] as a non-executive director in August 2006 and was appointed as chairman in February 2013.

He has previously been chairman of [[Rank Hovis McDougall]]; held management roles at [[Unilever]] and [[Grand Metropolitan]]; and independent director of food group [[Aryzta AG]].<ref name="TH"> Thorntons [http://investors.thorntons.co.uk/directors-biographies Biographies], accessed 7 April 2015.</ref>

==Letter to the Telegraph==
On 1 April 2015 Wilkinson was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref>

==Affiliations==
*[[Fengrain]], chairman
*[[National Skills Academy for food and drink]], chairman<ref name="TH"/>

==Notes==

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[[Category:Telegraph Letter General Election 2015|Wilkinson (Thorntons), Paul]]