Background
POWELL, Richard was born on July 30, 1909 in Walsall. Son of late Ernest Hartley Powell and late Florence Powell.
banker businessman and civil servant ( 1968)
POWELL, Richard was born on July 30, 1909 in Walsall. Son of late Ernest Hartley Powell and late Florence Powell.
Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Served Admiralty 1931-1946. Under-Secretary Ministry of Defence 1946^18. Deputy Secretary Admiralty 1948-1950.
Deputy Secretary Ministry of Defence 1950-1956, Permanent
Secretary 1956-1959; Permanent Secretary Board of Trade 1960-1968.
Chairman Alusuisse (United Kingdom) Limited. 84, Aeroprint Limited. 1969-1984, Sandoz Products 1977-1987.
Former Chairman Wilkinson Match Limited., Honorary President January 1981-1983.
Director Ladbroke Group Public Limited Company 1980-1986, Clerical Medical and General Life Assurance Society 1973-1985, Whessoe Public Limited Company 1968-1988, Bridgewater Paper Company 1984-1990. President Institute for Fiscal Studies 1970-1978. Honorary Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 1972.