Chris Gibson-Smith
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| Chris Gibson-Smith | |
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| Occupation | Chairman |
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| Employer | London Stock Exchange |
| Location | London |
| Web site | www.londonstockexchange.com |
Chris Gibson-Smith is chairman of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Europe's largest cash equities platform following its 2007 acquisition of Borsa Italiana[1].
Background
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Gibson-Smith joined the LSE in May 2003, and has helped to defend the exchange against repeated takeover attempts, starting with the move by Deutsche Börse in late 2004 and repeated efforts by the Nasdaq.
He spent most of his early career in the energy business, joining British Petroleum - as the former state-owned company was then called - from university. He rose to become chief geologist and then group managing director of the privatized group - renamed BP - from 1997-2001.
He left BP in 2001 to become chairman of National Air Traffic Services, the privatized UK aviation administrator, a post he held until 2005, and was director of Lloyds TSB, the UK bank, from 1999–2005.
He succeeded Don Cruickshank as LSE chairman in May 2003[2].
Affiliations
He is non-executive chairman of British Land and a non-executive director of the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority.
Education
References
- ↑ Board of Directors. London Stock Exchange. Retrieved on January 15, 2007.
- ↑ Press release. LSE. Retrieved on January 16, 2008.
