Meeting Old Arnoldian, Howard Henshaw

Howard was born in Bolton in 1940 and moved to Blackpool in 1943 when his parents bought the ‘Seaview’ guest house. In those days the resort was always bustling and famous names abounded. He collected autographs of all the ‘stars’, most of which he still has.

Howard attended St John’s Primary School and then in 1947 joined Arnold Junior School. During his time with Arnold, Howard excelled in athletics. Howard left Arnold Senior School in 1956 and joined a local chartered accountants where he worked for 10 shillings (50p) per week with another much-loved Old Arnoldian, Michael Owen.

After 6 months he joined Barclays Bank in Preston where he first met his wife, Karen, when she opened an account with Barclays. Karen was a pupil at Arnold High School for Girls before joining the Lytham Land Registry as an exec officer and later a producer and presenter with Singapore TV in the 70s and 80s.

Howard qualified as an Associate of the Institute of Bankers and over the next 37 years progressed his career within Barclays Bank and later Standard Chartered Bank which enabled him to travel the world.

Howard was an Executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank in Tanzania and Sierra Leone and Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank of Uganda Ltd., where he was also the Honorary Finnish Consul to Uganda. Along the way, he held numerous senior management banking positions in Zambia, Singapore, Malaysia, Borneo, Hong Kong, Qatar and Dubai. In 1994, Howard was appointed a Consultant to The World Bank.