CM September 2020

OBITUARY
Paul Mudge –
a life fully lived
Some happy memories of our past
Chairman and President compiled
by Sean Feast FCICM.
TED Brown remembers Paul as
being one of life’s nice guys:
“I joined the Institute at the
same time as Paul in 1973 and
he succeeded Bill Adams as
our National Chairman in the
1980s. When Sir Roger Cork died unexpectedly
in 2002, Paul took over as President, and
actively recruited Master Robert Turner to be
his successor.
“Paul had been the credit manager for
Currys, and loved the family ethos of the
business, but when it was taken over by
Dixons he left and joined the Registry Trust. I
first met Paul in the early 1980s when he came
to our Branch meeting to speak and I was
immediately struck by his height. Paul was
an incredibly tall man but elegant with it. He
stood out in many ways not just physically but
through his charm and stature.
“He was a great help and support to our
members through some difficult times; the
Institute then was a very different place
than it is today, and while we had an annual
conference in Park Lane Paul was always
happy to be kept out of the limelight – he
was very modest like that. His ability to run
a meeting, however, was legendary, and as
acting President he once succeeded in starting
and ending an Annual General Meeting in 90
seconds!
“Along with Roger and Terry Robinson, the
three were like the Musketeers, ably abetted
by Barbara Freedman. Roger famously had
a Routemaster bus and once drove from his
home in Chesham all the way to the Water Mill
with Paul and me in the back.
“Paul was a great family man and his wife
Sally was always a terrific support. He was
also passionate about sport – especially rugby
as an Exeter Chiefs fan – and living so close to
Twickenham which was like his Mecca.”
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