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Oliver Pawle https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/chairman-s-confidant-who-traded-takeover-deals-for-rolodex-wheels-8189430.html

The switch meant a fond farewell to blockbuster City deals such as Royal Bank of Scotland’s takeover of NatWest and Vodafone’s hostile move for German rival Mannesmann. In their place, he installs the people with their grip on such multi-billion-pound moves at GlaxoSmithKline and insurer Prudential. Those who see him work the breakfast rooms and drinks parties of St James’s and the City with a conspiratorial air have barely noticed the difference.

“All the medical research shows that you keep your mind a great deal longer if you remain busy and engaged,” Pawle counsels. Sticking close to young people is his other tip for longevity.

There are plenty of those in his latest project, the New Entrepreneurs Foundation

Serial chairman Sir Nigel Rudd and Lord Davies, the former trade minister, are co-founders, while Sir Richard Branson and Sir Charles Dunstone have lent their support. Funds have come from Pearson, Fidelity and Rothschild.