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词条 John Lawes (company director)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Cricket

  3. Business career

  4. References

John Frederick Renshaw Lawes (3 May 1907 – 5 March 1978) was an Australian company director and chairman of QBE Insurance.[1]

Early life

Lawes was born in Petersham, New South Wales. His father, Dr Charles Lawes, was a medical graduate of the University of Sydney and John was one of four brothers with one sister.[2] He, his brothers, and before them their father, all had their school education at Newington College (1919–1926).[3]

Cricket

Lawes was one of Sydneys longest playing first grade cricketers.[4]

Business career

Lawes was the founding chairman of QBE Insurance (1973–1978) and served as chairman of Fibre Containers and London Australia Investment. He was deputy chairman – Allied Manufacturing and Trading Industries and of British Tobacco (Australia), where he worked for forty-six years.[5]

References

1. ^Who's Who in Australia 1977 (Melb, 1977) pp 648
2. ^RACP - College Roll   {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415230044/https://www.racp.edu.au/page/library/college-roll/college-roll-detail%26id%3D476 |date=2011-04-15 }}
3. ^Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp114
4. ^[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/294/294146/294146.html Cricket Archive]
5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=hug6z1_Pe_IC&pg=PA364&lpg=PA364&dq=John+Lawes+QBE&source=bl&ots=YQPglvzlLE&sig=WsPw_3aRt7-BfPvFyYISoondfOQ&hl=en&ei=q8GGTr-tApGUiAedx6myDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=John%20Lawes%20British&f=false Taking risks, QBE 1886–1994: a history of the QBE Insurance Group]
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4 : 1907 births|1978 deaths|People educated at Newington College|Businesspeople from Sydney

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