Background
NEWTON, Charles Wilfrid was born on December 11, 1928 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Gore M. and Catherine K. Newton.
NEWTON, Charles Wilfrid was born on December 11, 1928 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Gore M. and Catherine K. Newton.
Highlands North School, Johannesburg, University of Witwatersrand.
Deputy General Manager, Mobil Oil East Africa Limited., Nairobi, then London 1963-1965. Planning Director, Mobil Sekiyu K.K., Tokyo 1966, Finance Director 1966-1968. Finance Director, Turner and Newall Limited.
1968-1974, Manager Director, Group’s Plastics and Industrial Materials, Chemicals and Asbestos Fibre Mining and Distribution Divisions
1974-1978, Manager Director Worldwide Manufacturing Activities January-November 1979, Group Manager Director 1979-1982, Chief Executive since 1982. Chair, and Chief Executive Officer Mass Transit Railway Corporation Hong Kong 1983-1989.
Chairman Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited. 1987-1989; Chair, and Chief Executive Officer London Regional Transport March since 1989, London Underground Limited. since 1989.
Director Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1980-1989.
Married Felicity Mary Lynn Thomas in 1954.
