Hugh Morris was educated at Bootham School York and has an MA in English from Downing College, Cambridge.

 He joined Arthur Andersen & Co. Management Consultants (subsequently Accenture) in 1980 and became a partner in 1991.  He was a Global Managing Partner from 1997 – 2000.  During his time with the firm, he mainly worked in the City of London, primarily in the Lloyd’s market and at the London Stock Exchange.  He left Accenture in 2001 and worked for QA plc as Operations Director until August 2003 when he joined Xchanging plc.   Currently he is Executive Director, Sales for the UK.

His voluntary activities include; director of Sadler’s Wells theatre from 1994 - 2004 and chairman of Sadler’s Wells Trust from 2000 – 2003.   Currently he is vice-chairman of Cranstoun Drugs Services and chairman of Build Africa.

He joined the Management Consultants Company in 1993 and became a member of the Court in 1998.  He served as Master in 2006 - 2007