COMPANY

Formed by 1926 merger of four British chemical companies -- Nobel Industries (founded by Alfred Nobel); Brunner, Mond and Co.; United Alkali Co.; and British Dyestuffs Corporation). ICI Pharmaceuticals spun off as Zeneca in 1994.

Official Website:
http://www.ici.com/

Industry:
Chemical

Ticker:
LSE:ICI

Corporate headquarters:
London, England

Employees:
32,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Rona Fairhead	Business	c. 1962		CEO of Financial Times Group
John Harvey-Jones	Business	16-Apr-1924	9-Jan-2008	Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
Alfred Nobel	Inventor	21-Oct-1833	10-Dec-1896	Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize
Brendan O'Neill	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Imperial Chemical Industries, 1999-2003

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph T. Gorman	Business	1-Oct-1937		CEO of TRW, 1988-2001
Richard Haythornthwaite	Business	c. 1957		Chairman of Mastercard

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Harvey-Jones	Business	16-Apr-1924	9-Jan-2008	Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
James A. Kennedy	Business	?		National Starch and Chemical Company
Brendan O'Neill	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Imperial Chemical Industries, 1999-2003

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James W. Black	Scientist	14-Jun-1924		Propranolol and cimetidine
Robin Freestone	Business	c. 1959		CFO of Pearson
George Isaak	Astronomer	7-Mar-1933	5-Jun-2005	Resonant scattering spectroscopy
Percy Julian	Chemist	11-Apr-1899	19-Apr-1975	Physostigmine and cortisone
Tom McKillop	Business	19-Mar-1943		Chairman, Royal Bank of Scotland
Kim Williams	Business	c. 1956		Wellington Management Company
Neil R. Withington	Attorney	c. 1957		General Counsel, British American Tobacco

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