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The
CEO-in-waiting for the GlaxoSmithKline empire, Jean-Pierre
Garnier, has been seen as the facilitator for the merger.
He recently said his ambition was to create the 'passion
and enthusiasm' to conquer diseases. |
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BP
has joined the world superleague since Sir John Browne
took over as CEO in 1996 and engineered the acquisitions
of Amoco and Arco. The oil company has watched its market
capitalisation rise to more than £140 billion.
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Trained
as a geologist, Mark Moody-Stuart joined Shell in 1966
and rose to become chairman in 1998. Since then, Sir Mark
has transformed a stodgy corporate culture, streamlining
Shell's management network and encouraging technological
development. |
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Cadbury's
share price has doubled since 1996, when John Sunderland
became CEO, and he has committed himself to doubling it
again over five years. His shopping trolley now includes
Snapple and he is in pursuit of Orangina. |
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There
was a history of innovation to carry forward at Tesco
when Terry Leahy replaced the architect of its transformation,
Sir Ian MacLaurin, as CEO in 1997. Leahy has since introduced
loyalty cards and developed the hugely successful Tesco
Metro concept. |
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With
the rise of Exel out of the merger of Ocean and NFC, John
Allan finds himself CEO of the second-largest logistics
firm in the world, with a market value of nearly $3 billion.
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Since
becoming CEO in 1999, when Zeneca merged with Astra of
Sweden, Tom McKillop has kept corporate activity humming,
recently putting AstraZeneca's agribusiness together with
Novartis. He says his aim is to create 'a pure pharmaceutical
play'. |
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After
taking over as CEO of Sage Software in 1994, Paul Walker
watched its shares soar as he guided it through five years
of 30%-plus growth. This year the 43-year-old ex-accountant
acquired Peachtree and Best Software and saw Sage enter
the FTSE-100. |
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Invigorating
the monolithic Unilever has been the mission of Niall
Fitzgerald since he became joint chairman and CEO in 1996,
after 30 years with the company. He instigated a cull
of more than 1,200 brands and set up the imminent merger
with Bestfoods. |
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Appointed
CEO in 1997 after only a year with the company, Sir CK
Chow has steered GKN through the recent problems in the
car industry, and has expanded into Japan by buying Nissan's
driveshaft operations. |
