Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 11, 2000

Royston Smith – Bristol & West Investments Plc (bwe.l)

ROYSTON SMITH is the Chairman of Bristol & West Investments Plc. He has over 30 years experience in the bridging loan and similar lending business. After working as a Company Accountant, he established Smith, Martyn & Co., Limited in 1962 as a mortgage lending business, which was sold, together with Smith, Martyn & Co, to Orbit Holdings in 1973. Following a further period in insurance broking and running his own Banking Company, Mr Smith joined his son Martyn, at a secondary lending business with similar operations to the Company in 1984, which continued until the early 1990s. Mr Smith, together with his son Martyn, then commenced the Company's current business. Profile
TWST: Could you please give us a background summary, overview and

profile of Bristol & West Investments?

Mr. Smith: I started Bristol & West investments company because I have

had one