Alastair Frederick Down
| Colonel Sir Alastair Frederick Down OBE MC TD | |
|---|---|
| File:Portrait of Alastair Frederick Down.pngPortrait of Alastair Frederick Down.png | |
| Born | 23 July 1914 Kirkcaldy, Fife |
| 💀Died | 22 October 2004 (aged 90) Sherborne, Dorset22 October 2004 (aged 90) |
| 🏫 Education | Marlborough College, 1932 |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Maysie Hilda Mellon (m. 1947) |
Colonel Sir Alastair Frederick Down OBE MC TD (23 July 1914 – 22 October 2004) was a Scottish army officer, accountant, and oilman.
Down began working for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1938, but had his career interrupted the following year with the outbreak of World War II. During the war, he rose to the rank of colonel and served in the Middle East, North Africa, Italy, and the Netherlands. In 1945 he resumed working for Anglo-Persian and was based in Iran until 1947 and then in London until 1954. Upon the creation of British Petroleum in 1954, he was sent to Canada to set up the company's subsidiary, BP Canada, and from 1957 to 1962 served as that company's president. In 1962 Down returned to London and obtained several senior positions with BP. From 1962 to 1975 he was managing director, and from 1969 to 1975 deputy chairman. In 1969 and 1970 he served as the president of the BP Oil Corporation, the company's American subsidiary, and negotiated its merger with Standard Oil of Ohio.
Down left British Petroleum in 1975 and was appointed chairman of Burmah Oil, which he rescued from the verge of bankruptcy.[1] He retired as Burmah’s chairman in 1983.[2]
He was knighted in the 1978 Birthday Honours.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cowe, Roger (9 November 2004). "Sir Alastair Down". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ↑ "Sir Alastair Down, Industrialist who masterminded the rescue of Burmah Oil in the 1970s and steered it back to financial health," Daily Telegraph (5 November 2004), 29.
- ↑ "The London Gazette". 2 June 1978. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
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