Background
RAISMAN, John was born on February 12, 1929 in Lahore, India. Son of Sir Jeremy and Renee Mary (née Kelly) Raisman.
RAISMAN, John was born on February 12, 1929 in Lahore, India. Son of Sir Jeremy and Renee Mary (née Kelly) Raisman.
Rugby School, Queen"s College, Oxford.
Joined Shell Institute Petroleum Company Limited. 1953, served in Brazil 1953-1960. General Manager, Shell Panama 1960-1962.
Assistant to Exploration and Production Company ordinator, Shell Institute Petroleum, Maatschappij 1963-1965.
General Manager, Shell Company of Turkey Limited. 1965-1969; President Shell Sekiyu KK 1970-1973.
Head of European Supply and Marketing, Shell Institute Petroleum 1974-1977. Manager Director, Shell United Kingdom Oil 1977-1978.
Deputy Chair, and Chief Executive, Shell United Kingdom Limited.
1978-1979, Chair, and Chief Executive 1979-1985. Chairman Shell Chemicals United Kingdom Limited. 1979-1985; Director Vickers 1981-1990, Glaxo Holdings Public Limited Company 1982*90, Lloyds Bank since 1985, Lloyds Merchant Bank Holdings 1985-1987.
Deputy Chairman British Telecom since 1987.
Chairman Europe Committee of China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations 1980-1988. Chairman Council of Industry for Manager Education (CIME) 1981-1985.
Chairman Oil Industry Emergency Committee (OIEC) 1981-1985. Advisory Council, London Enterprise Agency 1979-1985, Investment Board Electra Candover Partners, Electronics Industry District of Columbia since 1986, Business Forum of European Movement.
Governor National Institute of Economical Social Research since 1981.
Chairman Board Trustees Resident Advisor Pro-Chancellor Aston University since 1987. Honorary Doctorate.Univ. (Stirling) 1983, Honorary Doctor of Laws (Aberdeen) 1985, (Manchester) 1986.
Governing Council of Business in the Community 1982-1985. Council, Institute for Fiscal Studies since 1982, Governing Council of Business in the Community 1982-1985. Royal Commission, on Environmental Pollution 87.
Married Evelyn Anne Muirhead in 1953.