27:
188:
Martins Bank became part of
Barclays. In 1977 he was regional general manager for the East Midlands and East Anglia. From 1979-82 he was General Manager of Barclays Bank UK, after the chief executive of Barclays Bank International in the US. In 1987 he was finance director of Barclays.
201:
He became chief executive of
Midland Bank on 6 March 1991. Midland employed 60,000 people worldwide. He was aged 57 when he became chief executive. Five per cent of Midland customers had a mortgage with the bank; he wanted that to be 25%.
197:
Sir Kit McMahon (aged 64) left as chairman and chief executive of
Midland Bank on 5 March 1991, after Midland was the first British bank in fifty years to cut its dividend (by a half). Midland had a 90% drop in profits to £63m.
220:
In mid-March 1992 HSBC announced its take-over of the
Midland Bank. HSBC had bought its first stake in 1987 for 14.7% of Midland Bank, costing £383m. The take-over deal went through on Thursday 9 July 1992.
389:
213:; the bank had suffered from the decline of the UK's manufacturing base, so the bank had made international acquisitions to counteract this. Midland had been the world's biggest bank in the 1930s.
414:
224:
He left
Midland in March 1994, with the former chairman of BP becoming the chairman in June 1991. He was replaced by his deputy Keith Whitson. The chairman Sir
419:
55:
35:
394:
277:
180:
He started at
Martins Bank at the age of 17, for 15 years, starting at branch on Victoria St in Liverpool, moving to Leicester and Birmingham.
399:
128:
424:
109:
81:
165:
88:
145:(born 23 August 1933) is a British businessman, and the former chief executive of Midland Bank in the early 1990s.
59:
51:
409:
384:
40:
217:, of California, had been bought by Midland in 1981 for £485m; it was sold in 1986 for a billion-dollar loss.
95:
229:
44:
429:
161:
77:
244:
214:
404:
379:
102:
66:
157:, where he grew up. He had two sisters who remained in Liverpool. He supported Everton.
240:
He is married with three children. He lived in a village near
Guildford with wife Pat.
373:
257:
225:
154:
206:
169:
205:
At 9pm on
Thursday 22 August 1991 he appeared in an hour-long
65:
from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
20:
390:
British chief executives of financial services companies
363:
Wednesday 27 March 1991, page 6 'The life of Brian'
228:left at the same time, being succeeded by Sir
8:
58:about living persons that is unsourced or
260:, chief executive of NatWest from 1992-99
129:Learn how and when to remove this message
270:
415:People educated at St Edward's College
7:
420:People from the Borough of Waverley
14:
291:Tuesday 28 September 1993, page 7
327:Wednesday 18 March 1992, page 30
315:Thursday 22 August 1991, page 36
25:
351:Wednesday 6 March 1991, page 24
211:The Decline of the Midland Bank
339:Saturday 11 July 1992, page 15
303:Wednesday 6 March 1991, page 1
1:
395:Businesspeople from Liverpool
36:biography of a living person
166:direct grant grammar school
63:must be removed immediately
446:
400:Businesspeople from Surrey
313:Manchester Evening News
243:He was knighted in the
425:People from West Derby
50:Please help by adding
245:1994 New Year Honours
215:Crocker National Bank
209:documentary entitled
349:Liverpool Daily Post
337:Liverpool Daily Post
325:Liverpool Daily Post
56:Contentious material
162:St Edward's College
143:Brian Gerald Pearse
16:British Businessman
139:
138:
131:
113:
39:needs additional
437:
410:Knights Bachelor
364:
358:
352:
346:
340:
334:
328:
322:
316:
310:
304:
298:
292:
286:
280:
275:
134:
127:
123:
120:
114:
112:
71:
52:reliable sources
29:
28:
21:
445:
444:
440:
439:
438:
436:
435:
434:
385:Barclays people
370:
369:
368:
367:
359:
355:
347:
343:
335:
331:
323:
319:
311:
307:
299:
295:
287:
283:
278:Companies House
276:
272:
267:
253:
238:
195:
186:
178:
153:He was born in
151:
135:
124:
118:
115:
72:
70:
49:
30:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
443:
441:
433:
432:
427:
422:
417:
412:
407:
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
372:
371:
366:
365:
361:Liverpool Echo
353:
341:
329:
317:
305:
293:
289:Liverpool Echo
281:
269:
268:
266:
263:
262:
261:
252:
249:
237:
234:
230:William Purves
194:
191:
185:
182:
177:
174:
172:from 1945-50.
150:
147:
137:
136:
78:"Brian Pearse"
60:poorly sourced
33:
31:
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
442:
431:
430:Living people
428:
426:
423:
421:
418:
416:
413:
411:
408:
406:
403:
401:
398:
396:
393:
391:
388:
386:
383:
381:
378:
377:
375:
362:
357:
354:
350:
345:
342:
338:
333:
330:
326:
321:
318:
314:
309:
306:
302:
297:
294:
290:
285:
282:
279:
274:
271:
264:
259:
258:Derek Wanless
255:
254:
250:
248:
246:
241:
236:Personal life
235:
233:
231:
227:
226:Peter Walters
222:
218:
216:
212:
208:
203:
199:
192:
190:
184:Barclays Bank
183:
181:
175:
173:
171:
167:
164:, a Catholic
163:
158:
156:
148:
146:
144:
133:
130:
122:
111:
108:
104:
101:
97:
94:
90:
87:
83:
80: –
79:
75:
74:Find sources:
68:
64:
61:
57:
53:
47:
46:
42:
37:
32:
23:
22:
19:
360:
356:
348:
344:
336:
332:
324:
320:
312:
308:
300:
296:
288:
284:
273:
242:
239:
223:
219:
210:
204:
200:
196:
193:Midland Bank
187:
179:
160:He attended
159:
152:
142:
140:
125:
119:October 2020
116:
106:
99:
92:
85:
73:
62:
45:verification
38:
18:
405:HSBC people
380:1933 births
374:Categories
265:References
155:West Derby
149:Early life
89:newspapers
207:Channel 4
170:Liverpool
41:citations
251:See also
67:libelous
103:scholar
176:Career
105:
98:
91:
84:
76:
301:Times
110:JSTOR
96:books
34:This
256:Sir
141:Sir
82:news
43:for
168:in
376::
247:.
232:.
54:.
132:)
126:(
121:)
117:(
107:·
100:·
93:·
86:·
69:.
48:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.