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1. Shell |
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With
30 years’ experience, Watts really knows
his business and exemplifies the good sense
that made Shell this year’s winner. Since
taking over as chairman from Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
in August, he has closed a deal with Texaco
that will make Shell the largest petrol retailer
in the US.
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2. AstraZeneca |
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As
CEO of Zeneca, the stronger half of the ICI
corporate divorce, McKillop led the business
through the 1999 merger with Sweden’s
Astra. His aim to create a ‘pure pharmaceutical
play’ is backed by an investment of $2.5bn
in research into new medical treatments such
as the lung cancer drug Iressa.
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3. BP |
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since 1995, Lord Browne turned BP into a major
global player with the Amoco and Arco takeovers.
Shrewdly championing his company’s role
in the environmental debate, he is now shifting
to alternative energy to make BP less reliant
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Tesco |
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Leahy’s near five-year reign, Tesco has
held on to its hard-won place at the top of
the UK grocery market, despite the renewed
threat from a back-on-form Sainsbury’s
under Sir Peter Davis. Leahy’s latest
brainwave? Pick up a cheap TV, DVD player
or microwave along with your groceries.
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