Background
EVANS, Russell was born on November 4, 1922 in Birmingham. Son of William Henry Evans and Ethel Williams Wilmot.
EVANS, Russell was born on November 4, 1922 in Birmingham. Son of William Henry Evans and Ethel Williams Wilmot.
King Edward’s School, Birmingham, University of Birmingham.
Commander in Italy during war sendee. Qualified as solicitor 1949. Assistant Secretary at Harry Ferguson 1951, Secretary of Massey-Ferguson (Holdings) and its United Kingdom subsidiaries after merger of Ferguson and Massey-Harris, resigned 1962.
On Parent Board of group of private companies in construction industry.
Joined Rank Organization 1967, Deputy Secretary 1967-1968, Secretary 1968-1972, Director since 1972, Manager Director 1975-1982, Deputy Chairman 1981-1982, Chairman 1982-1983. Director of principal subsidiary and associate, companies, inch Rank Xerox, Fuji Xerox and Southern Television.
Director Eagle Star Holdings Public Limited Company 1982-1987, Eagle Star Insurance Company 1982-1985, Roehampton Club Limited. 1971-1988 (Chairman Board of directors 1984-1988).
Chairman Butlin’s 1975-1983, Rank City Wall 1976-1983, Oxford Economics Forecasting Limited. since 1986, Medical Cyclotron Limited. since 1988.
Married Pamela Muriel Hayward in 1956 (died in 1989).