Background
Reid, Malcolm Hill was born on March 11, 1917 in Pinner, England. Arrived in Kenya, 1958. Son of David and Beatrice Georgina (Payne) Reid.
manufacturing executive management consultant
Reid, Malcolm Hill was born on March 11, 1917 in Pinner, England. Arrived in Kenya, 1958. Son of David and Beatrice Georgina (Payne) Reid.
Bachelor with honors, Cambridge (England) University, 1938.
Market research investigator, Thomas Hedley & Company, Newcastle, England, 1938-1940;
assistant principal, Ministry of Works, London, 1945-1948;
assistant company secretary, designate of Italian subsidiary, Cape Asbestos Company Ltd., London and Turin, Italy, 1948-1953;
commercial manager, Cape Asbestos Company Ltd., London, 1953-1957;
managing director, BJN Paints, East Africa (Berger Group), Nairobi, Kenya, 1958-1975;
chairman, BJN Paints, East Africa (Berger Group), Nairobi, Kenya, 1975-1977;
local advisor, representative, East Africa Association, Nairobi, Kenya, 1976-1994;
retired, 1994. Advisor Sotik Tea Company Ltd., Kenya, since 1986. Chairman East African Paint Manufacturers Association, Nairobi, 1958-1974.
Director Investment Promotion Center, Nairobi,1984-1994. Member Capital Markets Consultative Council, Nairobi, 1991-1993.
Chairman Kenya Conservatoire Music, Nairobi, 1984-1990. Master Oxford and Cambridge Society Kenya, Nairobi, 1983. President Rotary Club of Nairobi South, 1969-1970.
Trustee Kenya Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, honorary treasurer, since 1985. Major, Parachute Regiment, 1944-1946, England, Europe, Palestine. Member Muthaiga Country Club, Muthaiga golf Club (captain 1965, president 1967).
Married Patricia Makins, June 2, 1962. 1 stepchild, Jonathan Christian Makins.