Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 8, 1999
KEVIN ABBOTT is Chief Executive Officer at ALPHA Airports Group PLC. He
is 43 years old, married to Janet and they live in Southwest London with
their three children. After studying Chemistry at Cambridge, Mr. Abbott
gained an MSc in Business Studies before entering merchant banking with
Schroders where he developed investment and strategic analysis skills.
He then transferred to manufacturing industry with Redland, a leading
global building materials group, where he worked for 16 years '
initially as Corporate Planning Manager and thereafter undertaking a
divisional Finance Director's role. His first general management
appointment was as UK Managing Director of Redland Roof Tiles. Mr.
Abbott was subsequently promoted to the PLC Board as Global Roofing
Director where he developed Redland's roofing operations in continental
Europe and Asia. More recently he has worked with Rexam (previously
Bowater) as International packaging Director and then Global Food &
Beverage Packaging Director where he orchestrated a major restructuring
to complement a rapidly consolidating and coordinated customer base. Profile
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