Background
SMITH, Roland was born on October 1, 1928. Son of late Joshua Smith and of Hannah Smith.
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Roland Smith
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Education
Bachelor, University Birmingham, England. Master of Science, University Manchester. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Manchester.
Career
Assistant Director Footwear Manufacturers Federation 1955. Lecturer in Economics, University of Liverpool 1960, Director Business School 1963. Part-time Professor, of Marketing, University of Manchester 1966-1988, Professor Emeritus since 1988.
Chairman Temple Bar Investment Trust Ltd. since 1980, House of Fraser 1981-1986 (Deputy Chairman 81), Readicut Institute since 1984 (Deputy Chairman 1982-1984), Hepw’orth Ceramic Holdings since 1986, Phoenix Properties and Finance 1986-1987, Kingston Oil and Gas since 1987, British Aerospace since 1987, P & P PLC since 1988. Chairman Manchester United Football Club since 1991. Non-exec. Chairman Senior Engineering Ltd.
Director (non-exec.) Bank of England since 1991. Director-Consultant to 11 cos. 1990; Honorary Doctor of Science (Cranfield Institute of Technology) 1989.
Membership
Flying officer Royal Air Force, 1953.
Interests
Connections
Married Joan Shaw in 1954.
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Nationality
British
Education
Career
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1973 - 1992
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1980 - 1999
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1981 - 1986
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1986 - 1997
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1987 - 1991
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1988 - 1997
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1991 - 2002
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1996 - 2002
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