Career
He was managing director of the Jardine Matheson Group from 2000 to 31 March 2006 having joined the board in 1999. Weatherall joined the Jardine Group in 1976 and worked in a number of senior executive positions in Hong Kong, the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, of Korea and the Philippines, prior to becoming "Tai-Pan". Weatherall was chief executive officer of Hongkong Land.
He was succeeded as group managing director by Anthony Nightingale on 1 April 2006.
Weatherall was born the elder son of Captain Anthony Weatherall and Sophy Keswick. The family lives in South West Scotland, having left Hong Kong in April 2006.
Weatherall has two sisters and a younger brother (who is married to his wife"s younger sister).