Background
McAlister, Michael Ian was born on August 23, 1930 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Son of Sam and Jessie Anne (Smith) McAlister.
McAlister, Michael Ian was born on August 23, 1930 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Son of Sam and Jessie Anne (Smith) McAlister.
Master Degree, St. John's College, Oxford, 1954.
Trainee accountant, Price Waterhouse, London, 1954-1958; finance secretary, Duke of Windsor, Paris, 1958-1960; managing director, Ionian Trustee Company, London, 1960-1969; chairman, Mining Finance Corporation, Sydney, Australia, 1969-1972; executive president, Australian Stock Exch., Sydney, 1972-1975; executive director, Knight International, London, 1975-1979; executive director, CLUFF Resources Plc, London, 1979-1990; executive director, Ionian Corporation Finance, London, since 1990; managing director, European Bank, London, since 1993.
Chairman Working Conservative Association, Surrey, England, 1968. Treasurer Braintree Conservative Association, Essex, 1988. Captain Intelligence Corps, British Army, 1950-1951, Austria.
Member Royal Automobile Club.
Married Crystal Patricia Evans, July 4, 1953 (divorced January 1984). Children: Maureen, Richard, Peter, Carolyn, Sam, James, Emma. Married Elizabeth Anne Hehn, June 2, 1984.