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'''Sir Ronald Edwards KBE''' was a UK [[businessman]] and [[academic]]. He attended the [[1970 Bilderberg meeting]].
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'''Sir Ronald Edwards KBE''' was a UK [[business executive]] and [[academic]]. He attended the [[1970 Bilderberg meeting]].
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==Background==
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Edwards  was born on 1 May 1910, and educated at [[Southgate County School]], in [[London]]. He began work at the age of 15 as an audit clerk in the gas industry, earning £1 a week. The foundations of his subsequent achievements were built a few years later, when he began studying bookkeeping at evening classes, joined a firm of chartered accountants, and embarked on a correspondence course. The course led ultimately to a first class honours degree in commerce at the [[University of London]].<ref name=ar>https://www.aronline.co.uk/people/people-the-forgotten-chairmen-sir-ronald-edwards/</ref>
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
Speaking in 1975 a few hours after being appointed non-executive chairman of British Leyland Limited Edwards, said he did not regard the company as being "bound to every conclusion and recommendation in the Ryder Report".<ref>https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/news/archive/1975-10/sir-ronald-edwards-made-non-executive-chairman-of-british-leyland-board/</ref>
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Edwards was Assistant Lecturer, then Lecturer, in Business Administration with special reference to Accounting at the [[London School of Economics]] (LSE), 1935-1940. During [[World War Two]], he worked in the Ministry of Aircraft Production.<ref name=jisc>https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/77e4089a-1c6d-3930-b6ba-bdf89eaaf9dc</ref>
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In 1946 he returned to LSE as a Reader in Commerce, becoming a Professor in 1949.<ref name=jisc/>
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He was Deputy Chairman (1957-1961), then Chairman (1962-1968) of the Electricity Council; Chairman (1968-1975), then President (1975-1976) of [[GSK|Beecham Group Ltd]]; Director, [[ICI|ICI Ltd]], 1969-1976; Director, Hill Samuel Group, 1974-1976; and, Chairman of [[British Leyland Ltd]], 1975-1976.<ref name=jisc/>
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He was a member of several other bodies too, including the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1949-1954; the University Grants Committee, 1955-1964; the National Economic Development Council, 1964-1968; and, the [[British Airways]] Board, 1971-1976. He chaired the Government committee of inquiry into the civil air transport industry, 1967-1969. He was a Governor of LSE, 1968-1976.<ref name=jisc/>
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Speaking in 1975 a few hours after being appointed non-executive chairman of British Leyland Limited, Edwards said he did not regard the company as being "bound to every conclusion and recommendation in the Ryder Report",<ref>https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/news/archive/1975-10/sir-ronald-edwards-made-non-executive-chairman-of-british-leyland-board/</ref> which said the government was throwing money away freely on British Leyland.<ref name=ar/>  
  
 
==Death==
 
==Death==
Ronald Edwards died age 62.<ref>https://www.aronline.co.uk/people/people-the-forgotten-chairmen-sir-ronald-edwards/</ref>
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Ronald Edwards died age 65.<ref name=ar/>
 
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Person.png Ronald EdwardsRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman, academic)
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Born1 May 1910
Died18 January 1976 (Age 65)
London, UK
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of London
UK business executive and academic.

Sir Ronald Edwards KBE was a UK business executive and academic. He attended the 1970 Bilderberg meeting.

Background

Edwards was born on 1 May 1910, and educated at Southgate County School, in London. He began work at the age of 15 as an audit clerk in the gas industry, earning £1 a week. The foundations of his subsequent achievements were built a few years later, when he began studying bookkeeping at evening classes, joined a firm of chartered accountants, and embarked on a correspondence course. The course led ultimately to a first class honours degree in commerce at the University of London.[1]

Career

Edwards was Assistant Lecturer, then Lecturer, in Business Administration with special reference to Accounting at the London School of Economics (LSE), 1935-1940. During World War Two, he worked in the Ministry of Aircraft Production.[2]

In 1946 he returned to LSE as a Reader in Commerce, becoming a Professor in 1949.[2]

He was Deputy Chairman (1957-1961), then Chairman (1962-1968) of the Electricity Council; Chairman (1968-1975), then President (1975-1976) of Beecham Group Ltd; Director, ICI Ltd, 1969-1976; Director, Hill Samuel Group, 1974-1976; and, Chairman of British Leyland Ltd, 1975-1976.[2]

He was a member of several other bodies too, including the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1949-1954; the University Grants Committee, 1955-1964; the National Economic Development Council, 1964-1968; and, the British Airways Board, 1971-1976. He chaired the Government committee of inquiry into the civil air transport industry, 1967-1969. He was a Governor of LSE, 1968-1976.[2]

Speaking in 1975 a few hours after being appointed non-executive chairman of British Leyland Limited, Edwards said he did not regard the company as being "bound to every conclusion and recommendation in the Ryder Report",[3] which said the government was throwing money away freely on British Leyland.[1]

Death

Ronald Edwards died age 65.[1]

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197017 April 197019 April 1970Switzerland
Hotel Quellenhof
Bad Ragaz
the 19th Bilderberg meeting, in Switzerland.
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