Background
Swire was born on 15 February 1932, and educated at Wellesley House School, Eton and University College, Oxford.
Swire was born on 15 February 1932, and educated at Wellesley House School, Eton and University College, Oxford.
Eton College; University of Oxford.
He is the former chairman of John Swire & Sons Limited.
During his national service, he served in the Coldstream Guards. Swire started his career for a subsidiary of the family business, Butterfield & Swire Far East, in 1956. He served as the Chairman of John Swire & Sons from 1987 to 1997, and from 2002 to 2004.
He served on the Board of Directors of Cathay Pacific, an airline partially owned by the family business, from 1965 to 2005.