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He was appointed to the board of brewers and pub chain [[Marstons]] as finance director in 1996 and became chief executive in 2001.<ref name="MARS"> Marstons [http://www.marstons.co.uk/investors/managementteam.aspx Management team], accessed 2 April 2015.</ref> | He was appointed to the board of brewers and pub chain [[Marstons]] as finance director in 1996 and became chief executive in 2001.<ref name="MARS"> Marstons [http://www.marstons.co.uk/investors/managementteam.aspx Management team], accessed 2 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | Findlay backed the [[Conservative]] pledge not to increase National Insurance if they won the 2010 General Election.<ref> Robert Winnett and Andrew Porter [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7563195/General-Election-2010-30-more-business-leaders-back-Tories-on-National-Insurance.html General Election 2010: 30 more business leaders back Tories on National Insurance] ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2010, accessed 8 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | On 1 April 2015 Findlay was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 2 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 8 April 2015
Ralph Findlay is the chief executive at brewers Marstons.
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Career
Findlay qualified as an accountant at PWC, worked as a financial controller at Geest plc (now Bakkavör Group Limited and treasury manager at brewers Bass plc.[1][2]
He was appointed to the board of brewers and pub chain Marstons as finance director in 1996 and became chief executive in 2001.[1]
Support for the Conservative Party
2010 election
Findlay backed the Conservative pledge not to increase National Insurance if they won the 2010 General Election.[3]
Letter to the Telegraph
On 1 April 2015 Findlay was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[4]
Education
- Geology, Edinburgh University[2]
Affiliations
- British Beer and Pub Association, chairman[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Marstons Management team, accessed 2 April 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 David Prosser The Business On... Ralph Findlay, Chief executive, Marston's Independent, 3 December 2010, accessed 2 April 2015
- ↑ Robert Winnett and Andrew Porter General Election 2010: 30 more business leaders back Tories on National Insurance Telegraph, 7 April 2010, accessed 8 April 2015.
- ↑ Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 2 April 2015.
