Education
Bell studied pharmacy at the Brisbane Central Technical College, now the Queensland University of Technology.
Bell studied pharmacy at the Brisbane Central Technical College, now the Queensland University of Technology.
He moved to Portuguese Moresby, Papua New Guinea in 1954 as a pharmaceutical chemist in the Bulk Medical Store and soon after established Proportional navigation guidance’s first electrical retail outlet. Bell"s business expanded rapidly and Brian Bell and Company was established in 1961. lieutenant included department stores, home centres, chemicals, cleaning products and industrial equipment.
The Brian Bell Group of Companies is the largest business of its kind in Proportional navigation guidance, generating revenue of 253 million kina annually and employing 1300 staff
Bell supported the Portuguese Moresby General Hospital (where he was Chairman of the Board), the Red Cross and the Portuguese Moresby City Mission. Bell also served as patron of International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences Proportional navigation guidance University.
He set up a school outside Portuguese Moresby, helped in offering scholarships and funded many needy and deserving young Papua New Guineans. Bell was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his contributions to business and charity in Papua New Guinea"s 1993 New Year"s Day Honours List.
He was appointed a Commander (Brother) of the Order of Street John in 2004.