Brian Dennis McGowan (born 1945) is the co-founder of Williams Holdings, one of the United Kingdom's largest conglomerates.
Career Educated at Isleworth Grammar School, Brian McGowan initially trained at a firm of accountants in London.Profile: Angler takes the hook: Brian McGowan had planned a life of leisure. Then came the call to lead House of Fraser to market The Independent 25 July 1993
McGowan joined London & Northern, a minor conglomerate, before moving to P&O and then becoming Managing Director of Sime Darby in Hong Kong.
In 1991, together with Nigel Rudd, he acquired a majority stake in W Williams, a small Welsh engineering business and, as Chief Executive,Acquisitions as a cure for boredom Accountancy, 1991 expanded it into one of the United Kingdom's largest conglomerates. He retired from the business in the early 1990s.
He then became Chairman of House of Fraser in 1993. From 2004 to 2008 he was Chairman of Rentokil Initial.Rentokil Initial: Board Announcement From 1997 to 2009 he was also Chairman of Umeco plc.Umeco
Since 2002 he has been chairman of international corporate finance advisory firm Catalyst Corporate Finance.Catalyst Corporate Finance: Senior Team
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