Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 5, 1999

John Banks – Vtr Plc

JOHN BANKS, who is a qualified accountant, was Managing Director in the 1970s of the Hardy Amies fashion group, following which he spent some years as a consultant raising money for and advising a number of small companies in the fashion and media industries. In 1984 he formed VTR where he continues to be Chief Executive. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a brief overview and a little bit of the history

of VTR just to set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Banks: Video Tape Recording Limited, which later evolved into VTR

plc,