• Director, Benton International ) a management consulting and research firm, where he was responsible for the development and delivery of consultancy services in the UK, specialising in corporate, business, and marketing strategy, distribution system optimisation, and branch operations. His work included assisting banks, building societies, and other financial institutions in such areas as acquisition strategy; integration and consolidation planning; product development; defining the organisational context, structure, operations, and distribution strategies of strategic business units; and strategy formulation, evaluation, selection, and implementation.

• General Manager, Corporate Development of Nationwide Anglia Building Society ), the UK's second largest building society, where he was responsible to the Group chief executive for achieving strategic control and direction of a newly merged and rapidly diversifying financial institution. He successfully re-orientated Nationwide Anglia's corporate and business objectives, facilitated and integrated the development of corporate and business strategies and plans, established the organisational context of each business within the Group, and defined and installed the capabilities which supported the planning process.

• General Manager, Marketing of Anglia Building Society ), where he was responsible to the chief executive for all aspects of marketing, including marketing information and research, planning, and marketing and internal communications. He restored Anglia's position during the "Savings Wars" from a below par market share in 1983 to a consistently above par performance by 1986, whilst protecting gross margin of retail operations and improving the efficiency of marketing expenditure. He directed the development and launch of Angliacard (a debit/ATM card), which included, as part of the roll-out, Paypoint, the UK's first comprehensive EFTPOS scheme.

• London Regional Manager, Anglia Building Society ), where he was responsible to the General Manager (Operations) for business development and management of the Society's operations in Greater London. He built London region into an entity (of 34 branches), developing an approach which came to be the model on which the Society managed its field and sales operations.

His early career was as management trainee with Midland Bank, followed by various branch and head office roles in building societies and appointment as a branch manager in 1968. Further promotion came with his appointment as Anglia's London Manager ).

As Chairman of Northampton College (1990 - ), a college of some 20,000 students, Mr Hunwicks is responsible, with the board, for the determination of the educational character, mission, and objectives of the College. During his chairmanship the college has become an 'independent' Corporation, acquired Link College, invested in new buildings and facilities, restructured the board, and appointed a new principal and chief executive, and is in the process of developing a new strategy for the curriculum.

Mr Hunwicks is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Banking, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a Fellow of the Institute of Management, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He recently completed a masters degree in marketing; his thesis concerned the use of the strategic futures approach in financial services marketing.

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