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Imperial Chemical Industries

COMPANY

Formed by 1926 merger of four British chemical companies -- Nobel Industries (founded by Alfred Nobel); Brunner, Mond and Co.; United Alkali Co.; and British Dyestuffs Corporation). ICI Pharmaceuticals spun off as Zeneca in 1994.

Official Website:
http://www.ici.com/

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
LSE:ICI

Corporate headquarters:
London, England

Employees:
32,000

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Max F. Perutz
Chemist
19-May-1914 6-Feb-2002 X-Ray analysis of hemoglobin

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Rona Fairhead
Business
c. 1962   CEO of Financial Times Group
John Harvey-Jones
Business
16-Apr-1924 9-Jan-2008 Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
Alfred Nobel
Inventor
21-Oct-1833 10-Dec-1896 Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize
Brendan O'Neill
Business
c. 1948   CEO of Imperial Chemical Industries, 1999-2003
Sir Robert Robinson
Chemist
13-Sep-1886 8-Feb-1975 Researcher of alkaloids

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joseph T. Gorman
Business
1-Oct-1937   CEO of TRW, 1988-2001
Richard Haythornthwaite
Business
c. 1957   Chairman of Mastercard

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Harvey-Jones
Business
16-Apr-1924 9-Jan-2008 Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
James A. Kennedy
Business
?   National Starch and Chemical Company
Brendan O'Neill
Business
c. 1948   CEO of Imperial Chemical Industries, 1999-2003

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Derek Barton
Chemist
8-Sep-1918 16-Mar-1998 Conformational analysis
James W. Black
Scientist
14-Jun-1924 22-Mar-2010 Propranolol and cimetidine
George Box
Mathematician
18-Oct-1919   Statistician at University of Wisconsin
Robin Freestone
Business
c. 1959   CFO of Pearson
George Isaak
Astronomer
7-Mar-1933 5-Jun-2005 Resonant scattering spectroscopy
Percy Julian
Chemist
11-Apr-1899 19-Apr-1975 Physostigmine and cortisone
Tom McKillop
Business
19-Mar-1943   Chairman, Royal Bank of Scotland
Kim Williams
Business
c. 1956   Wellington Management Company
Neil R. Withington
Attorney
c. 1957   General Counsel, British American Tobacco


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