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

Andrew Beeson – Beeson Gregory Group Plc (bgg.l)

ANDREW BEESON is the Chief Executive of Beeson Gregory. He joined Capel- Cure Linton Clarke, the predecessor firm of Capel-Cure Myers in 1963 as a trainee stockbroker. After general experience in various departments of the firm he became a partner of Capel-Cure Myers in 1972 and Head of the Institutional Sales Department in 1979. Following the purchase of Capel-Cure Myers by ANZ Bank he became a Director of ANZ Merchant Bank and subsequently ANZ McCaughan, resigning in 1989. Following the creation of Beeson Gregory in July 1989, he became Chief Executive. Mr Beeson is Chairman of EASD (European Association of Securities Dealers) and a Director of EASDAQ (European Automatic Securities Dealers Quotations) and was also founding Chairman of CISCO (City Group for Smaller Companies). He was awarded the Coopers & Lybrand 'Plc Achievement Award for 1995.' Profile
TWST: Please start us off with a brief company profile.

Mr. Beeson: The firm started out as a UK corporate stockbroker, but we

would now describe ourselves as an investment bank. The principal