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John Simon

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Born1930
Nationality British
Member ofFoundation for Defense of Democracies, Rhodes Scholar/1984
British business executive who attended the Bilderberg/1973

John M. Simon was Managing Director of British Leyland when he attended the 1973 Bilderberg meeting.

Career

Simon, a former joint managing director of Dunlop Holdings, joined British Leyland International on December 1, 1972 as managing director. He took on a role carried out by John Barber, a deputy managing director of British Leyland and director of finance and planning.[1] By this period, "Weak management, continuous industrial strife, inflation, the oil crisis and a flood of cheap Japanese imports had all combined to bring the car giant close to financial collapse." In 1975, he and Barber were the two most senior casualties of the Ryder Report on British Leyland and the company’s subsequent reorganization, and were dismissed.[2][3]

Simon was a Fellow of the British Institute of Management. He was a Founder Member of the Confederation of British Industry Overseas Committee, Chairman of Regentarest plc; Partner of Quadrant Associates Ltd. [4]


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197311 May 197313 May 1973Sweden
Saltsjöbaden
The meeting at which the 1973 oil crisis appears to have been planned.
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