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Sir Miles Thomas, Baron Thomas of Remenham DFC (1897–1980) was Managing Director of the Morris Motor Company, 1940–1947, Chairman of the British Overseas Airways Corporation (later to become British Airways), 1949–1956[1], Chairman of Chesham Amalgamations, and President and Chairman of the National Savings Committee[2]

He went to Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire, England.

He had his autobiography published in 1964.

[edit] References

  • Thomas, Miles (1964). Out on a Wing: An Autobiography. Michael Joseph, London. 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The History Of The British Airways Museum - 1987. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.
  2. ^ Janus: The Papers of Enoch Powell. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.


John Warner Nicholas Anthony Howard Szecsi (Stacey) (December 5, 1920 – February 5, 1980) was a financial journalist, writer, entrepreneur and patron of the arts. He was born in Debrecen, Hungary but in 1939, came to England to study in the Faculty of Commerce at Birmingham University. In 1945 he joined the editorial staff of the London Financial Times. In 1946, he became a member of the post-war reconstruction committee, working with Nicholas Kaldor, Leonard Woolf and Christopher Mayhew. In 1951 Stacey won a Fulbright Scholarship to the Graduate Business School of Columbia University, where he lectured on economic history. In 1962 he was a co-founding Chairman of Chesham Amalgamations in London, an innovative merger and acquisitions company, which played a role in the reorganization of British industry in the Sixties and Seventies. After selling Chesham Amalgmations in 1984, Stacey became Chairman of the Cel-Sci Corporation, Virginia, a US company engaged in cancer and AIDS research. He was also a financier at this time of research programmes at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. In 1969 he became Chairman of Trustees of the Society for the Promotion of New Music at which he reconstructed the trust and successfully reorganized its financial structure. He also chaired the Appeals Committee of the Byam Shaw School of Art, London, and a founding trustee of the Bankside Gallery and Chairman of the Council of the Divertimenti Orchestra.[1]



Sir Neil Stanley Shields MC (September 7, 1919 – September 12, 2002) was most notable as a merger broker, helping to facilitate mergers and acquisitions as a director of Chesham Amalgamations, and as the Chairman of the Commission for New Towns from 1982 to 1995 under Margaret Thatcher.

Shields was born in London and served as a major in the Royal Artillery in World War II, during which time he was awarded the Military Cross. In 1949 he unsuccessfully stood as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for St Pancras North. Shields served on Hampstead borough council between 1947 and 1965, serving as deputy leader, and as Chairman of the finance and works committees.

Shields later became an adviser in merger broking, especially in the role of director of Chesham Amalgamations and Investments (1964–1984). He was Chairman of the London area of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (1961–1963), and was thrice a member of the Conservative Party National Executive.

He was knighted in 1964.

During his time as the Chairman of the Commission for New Towns (1982–1995) Shields oversaw the doubling in the number of new towns in the UK under Margaret Thatcher. The Commission, under his chairmanship, was converted from a holding body to a disposal agency, selling off billions of pounds of assets. At the same time Shields also served on the board of London Transport (1986–1993), 6 months doing so as interim Chairman (1988-89) after the Fennell report into the King's Cross fire, and afterwards as Deputy Chairman.[2][3]