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ALEXANDER, Alex Sandor was born on November 21, 1916.
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Alex Sandor ALEXANDER
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Graduate, Charles University.
Career
Director Ross Group 1954-1969, Chairman Ross Frozen Food Division 1954-1961, Poultry Division 1961-1968. Manager Director and Chief Executive Ross Group Limited. 1967-1969, Chairman 1969.
Director Imperial Group Limited.
(firmly. Imperial Tobacco Group) 1969-1979. Chairman Imperial Foods Limited.
1969-1979. Chair, and Chief Executive Officer. J. Lyons and Company 1979-1989.
Manager Director Shearson Lehmann Hutton Institute since 1989. Deputy Chairman Allied Lyons Public Limited Company 1982-1989.
President National Association of Frozen Food Producers 1957, 1971. Cham. Pea Growers’ Research Organization 1959-1961, National Association of Poultry Packers 1965, Federation British Poultry Industries 1966-1968.
Director Royal Opera House since 1987, Chairman Royal Opera House Trust since 1987.
Director British United Trawlers Limited. 1969-1981. Deputy Chairman 1972-1980. Director National Westminster Bank Limited., Eastern Region 1973-1984.
Director Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Limited.
1974-1983, Marchwiel since 1978, Inchcape Insurance Holdings Limited. 1978-1986, Allied Breweries Limited.
(now Allied Lyons) since 1978 (Vice-Chairman 1982-1989), London Wall Holdings Public Limited Company since 1986, Hiram Walter-Gooderham and Worts 1987-1989. Director Arbor Acres Farms since 1985.
Olympia and York Canary Wharf Limited.
(non executive) since 1989. Former Director Tate and Lyle (non executive), Unigate (non executive). Governor British Nutrition Foundation 1975-1979, Royal Ballet since 1985.
Chairman Glyndeboume Arts Trust 1978-1989.
Trustee Thrombosis Research Institute. Chairman Charles Forte Foundation.
President British Food Export Council 1973-1976. Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, Institute of Manager, Institute of Grocery" Distribution 1975.
High Sheriff of Norfolk 1976-1977.
Trustee, Charities Aid Foundation 1979-1986. President Processors and Growers Research Organization 1978-1982.
Achievements
Membership
Member court University East Anglia, 1961. Trustee, vice chair Glyndebourne Arts Trust, since 1975. Chairman Appeals Committee of the British Red Cross, Norfolk, England, 1958-1974.
Trustee Charities Aid Foundation, 1979-1986. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1976-1977. Chairman Theatre Royal Trust, Norwich County, 1969-1984.
Fellow Royal Society Arts, Institute Management, Institute Grocery Distribution. Member Royal College Physicians.
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Connections
Married Margaret Irma Alexander, 1946. 4 children.
