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Owen Green

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Owen Green
Born
Owen Whitley Green

(1925-05-14)14 May 1925
Died1 June 2017(2017-06-01) (aged 92)
London, United Kingdom
Occupations
Spouse
Lady Doreen Spark
(m. 1948)
Children3

Sir Owen Whitley Green FCA FCMI (14 May 1925 – 1 June 2017) was chief executive and later chairman of the British industrial conglomerate BTR plc.

Early life

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Green was born in Stockton on Tees on 14 May 1925. He served with the Royal Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1946. In 1948 he married Doreen Spark (died 2006), with whom he had a son and two daughters. He qualified as an accountant in 1950.[1][2]

Career

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Green joined BTR as finance director in 1956. In 1967 he became managing director and chief executive, and from 1984 to 1993 he was chairman. His acquisitions made BTR one of the leading industrial conglomerates of the 1980s.[3] The 1983 bid for the Thomas Trilling conglomerate and the 1985 acquisition of Dunlop Holdings were particularly high-profile and acrimonious. He worked closely with Alan Jackson who was the CEO of BTR while Green was chairman.[1][4][2]

From 1988 to 1993 Green was also director of The Spectator and a trustee of the Natural History Museum.[1]

Green died on 1 June 2017.[1]

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Sir Owen Green". The Daily Telegraph. 29 June 2017. p. 31.
  2. ^ a b "Sir Owen Green". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Sir Owen Green obituary". The Guardian. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Owen Green, industrialist, 1925-2017". The Financial Times. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
Business positions
Preceded by Chairman of BTR PLC
1984 – 1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Chief Executive Officer of BTR PLC
1967 – 1984
Succeeded by