Sir John Michael Middlecott Banham was a British businessman.
10 Facts About John Banham
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John Banham was the chairman of the major brewer Whitbread from 2000 to 2005, and chairman of ECI Ventures and Johnson Matthey.
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John Banham worked at the Foreign Office for two years before moving to Reed International and then McKinsey and Co.
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John Banham was an avid sailor, participating in the 1979 Fastnet race, on a Contessa 34 when the yacht was hit by Force 11 winds some 90 miles off Land's End.
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John Banham was the first controller of the Audit Commission from 1983 to 1987, and was then Director General of the Confederation of British Industry from 1987 to 1992.
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John Banham was knighted in the 1992 New Year Honours.
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John Banham was chairman of Tarmac from 1994 to 1999, and the chairman of Kingfisher plc from 1995 to 2001.
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John Banham became the chairman of Johnson Matthey in April 2006.
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John Banham has acted as chairman of West Country Television and as a non-executive director of both National Westminster Bank and National Power.
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John Banham died on 9 August 2022, thirteen days before his 82nd birthday.