Background
LESSELS, Norman was born on September 2, 1938 in Edinburgh. Son of John Clark Lessels and Gertrude Margaret Ellen Lessels (nee Jack).
LESSELS, Norman was born on September 2, 1938 in Edinburgh. Son of John Clark Lessels and Gertrude Margaret Ellen Lessels (nee Jack).
Melville College, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Academy.
Apprentice Graham, Smart & Annan, Edinburgh, 1955-1960. Qualified assistant Thomson McLintock & Company, London, 1960-1961. Partner Wallace & Somerville, Edinburgh, 1962-1969.
With Whinney Murray, later Ernst & Whinney, 1969-1980. Partner Chiene & Tait, Edinburgh, 1980-1993, senior partner, 1993-1998. Board directors Cairn Energy PLC, Martin Currie Portfolio Investment Trust, Standard Life Assurance Company, Standard Life Bank Ltd., Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC, others.
Member Institute Chartered Accountants of Scotland (president 1987-1988), The New Club, Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and the Royal and Ancient.
Golf, bridge, music.
Married Gillian Durward Clark, December 31, 1960 (deceased 1979). Children: Alasdair, Sarah (deceased), James (deceased). Married Christine Stevenson Hitchman, January 27, 1981.