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+ | *[[HASS Corporation]] (Henry Alan Sweetbaum Services) - Company through which Sweetbaum received some of his remuneration while at Wickes. | ||
+ | *[[Statesman Travel]] - Sweetbaum was a major shareholder in 1995. | ||
+ | *[[Huntingdon Securities]] - | ||
[[Accelerator Technology Holdings]] - investment committee member. | [[Accelerator Technology Holdings]] - investment committee member. | ||
*[[Inovent]] - Advisory Board member. | *[[Inovent]] - Advisory Board member. | ||
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+ | ==Connections== | ||
+ | *[[Henry Sweetbaum]] | ||
+ | *[[Barry Sweetbaum]] | ||
+ | *[[Richard Boddie]] | ||
+ | *[[Sanford Sigoloff]] | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:UK|Sweetbaum, Henry]][[Category:United States|Sweetbaum, Henry]] | [[Category:UK|Sweetbaum, Henry]][[Category:United States|Sweetbaum, Henry]] |
Revision as of 14:47, 15 July 2015
Henry Sweetbaum is the former chairman and chief executive of DIY chain Wickes.[1]
Sweetbaum was co-founder of Reliance Group Holdings, a New York Stock Exchange listed company. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1970, when he was appointed Executive Director of the Plessey Company Limited.[2]
From 1976 to 1982, Sweetbaum chaired Data Recording Instrument Company, a British government-owned computer peripherals manufacturer.[2]
Wickes
From 1982-1986, he was Chairman of Wickes International Corporation. In 1986, he led the management buyout of Wickes plc and served as Chairman and CEO until 1996.[2]
In 1996, the Independent alleged that Sweetbaum faced a potential conflict of interest in his role at Wickes, because he was a director and major shareholder in a travel business, Statesman Travel, which provided Wickes with group travel and accommodation arrangements for senior management.[1]
In a statement quoted by the Independent, Sweetbaum said:
- The relationship between Statesman Travel and Wickes was a normal arm's length trading relationship, fully disclosed to the board and the auditors of Wickes, and the board resolved the relationship was immaterial, and did not require disclosure.[1]
In 2002, he was one a number of former Wickes directors found not guilty on charges of fraudulent trading and making a false statement to auditors between January 1 1994 and June 27 1996.[3]
PS Capital
In 1997, he co-founded PS Capital LLC, an American company that advises and invests in companies in Asia, Europe and the U.S.[2]
Affiliations
- HASS Corporation (Henry Alan Sweetbaum Services) - Company through which Sweetbaum received some of his remuneration while at Wickes.
- Statesman Travel - Sweetbaum was a major shareholder in 1995.
- Huntingdon Securities -
Accelerator Technology Holdings - investment committee member.
- Inovent - Advisory Board member.
Connections
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The DIY boss and the private network he assembled himself, The Independent, 28 July 1996.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Henry Sweetbaum – Chairman, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, accessed 15 July 2015.
- ↑ Ex-Wickes trio cleared of fraud, The Telegraph, 26 November 2002.