Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 31, 2005
ROBERT RAYNE is Chief Executive of London Merchant Securities Plc (LMS).
Mr. Rayne first joined London Merchant Securities in 1975 when he was
initially involved in the development of LMS' properties in the US. He
later returned to the UK with responsibility for LMS' properties in
Scotland. He was appointed Investment Director in 1983, Joint Managing
Director in 1998 and Chief Executive in May 2001. He has been on the
Boards of a number of public companies including First Leisure
Corporation Plc and Crown Sports Plc. He is currently a non-executive
director of NYSE-quoted Weatherford International Inc., an international
oil services company, and is Chairman of ECI Group. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a brief historical sketch of the company and apicture of the things you are doing at the present time?
Mr. Rayne: London Merchant Securities is a property development