Norman Hudson OBE, a management and development consultant, advising primarily on Historic Houses and their management, is currently Chairman of the Historic Houses Foundation, a grant giving charitable body.
[1] He has had wide involvement in the Built Heritage sector including having been a member of the National Trust Council 1973–1988, a member of the British Tourism Development Committee, from 1977-2005 retained as Adviser to Historic Houses [Historic Houses Association] whose 1,600 members are the private owners of the most important historic houses and gardens in Great Britain.
In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours list, Hudson received an OBE for services to the heritage tourism industry.
He is married to Jane, founder of M&G Presents, and lives in Upper Wardington, Oxfordshire.
Hudson, prior to its sale in 2016, was Chairman of M&G Presents Ltd, then one of the principal UK mail order gift catalogue businesses.