Background
READ, John was born on March 29, 1918 in Brighton. Son of William E. and Daysie E. (née Cooper) Read.
READ, John was born on March 29, 1918 in Brighton. Son of William E. and Daysie E. (née Cooper) Read.
Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School and Administration Staff College, Henley-on-Thames.
Commander Royal Navy 1939-1946. Admiral.’s Secretary to Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, Admiralty 1942-1945, Naval Secretary, British Admiralty Technology Mission, Ottawa 1945-1946. Ford Motor Company 1946-1964, Director of Sales 1961-1964.
Executive Director Electric and Music Industries Limited.
1965, Manager Director 1966-1969, Chief Executive 1969-1979, Deputy Chairman 1973-1974, Chairman 1974-1979. Deputy Chairman Thorn Electric and Music Industries Limited.
1979-1980, Director 1981-1987. Chairman Trustee Savings Bank Cen Board 1980-1988, Trustee Savings Banks (Holdings) Limited.
1980-1986, Trustee Savings Bank England and Wales 1983-1986, Trustee Savings Bank Group Public Limited Company 1986-1988, (Director Trustee Savings Bank England and Wales Public Limited Company 1986-1988), United Dominions Trust Limited.
1981-1985. Director Dunlop Holdings Limited. 1971-1984, Thames Television Limited.
1973-1988 (Deputy Chairman 1981-1988), Capitol Industries-Electric and Music Industries Incorporated., United States of America 1970-1983, Wonderworld Public Limited Company since 1986, Forza Italia Group Public Limited Company since 1989, National Youth Film Foundation 1987-1990.
Chairman Electronics Economics Development Commission 1976-1980, Armed Forces Pay Review Body 1976-1983, National Electronics Council 1977-1980, Governor Administration Staff College, Henley since 1974. Chairman Finance Committee 1978-1984. Trustee, Westminster Abbey Trust 1978-1987, Charity Aid Foundation since 1985 (Chairman since 1990).
Chairman Brain Research Trust 1982-1989.
President Sussex Association of Boys’ Clubs since 1982, Cheshire Homes, Seven Rivers, Essex 1979-1985. Chairman Committee of Manager Institute of Neurology since 1980.
Vice-President Institute of Bankers 1982-1989. Fellow, Royal Scottish Academy since 1975.
Companion, Institute of Radio Engineers.
Post Office Board 1975-1977, Royal Naval Film Corporation 1975-1983, British Overseas Trade Board 1976-1979. Council of China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations 1977-1989, President's Committee 1977-1984. Committee of London and Scottish Bankers 88.
Governing Body, British Postgraduate Medical Federation since 1982.
Married Dorothy M. Berry in 1942.