Geoffrey Kent

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(businessman)
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Born2 February 1922
DiedOctober 1, 1992 (Age 70)
NationalityBritish
ParentsPercival Whitehead
Member ofPanthera
Advertising expert and Chairman and CEO of tobacco manufacturer Imperial Group when he attended the 1985 Bilderberg

Geoffrey C. Kent was Chairman and Chief Executive of the Imperial Group, PLC when he attended the 1985 Bilderberg.[1] Kent was one of the first advertising men to rise to the top of a major UK company. [2][3][4]

Career

Kent began his career as an advertising manager at tobacco manufacturer John Player & Sons Ltd in 1958. Six years later he took a position of a marketing director at Imperial Manufacturing Group Inc., also a tobacco company. In 1969, Kent was appointed an assistant managing director at the same company. Also he was a chairman and managing director at Imperial Manufacturing Group Inc. from 1975 to 1978. In 1975, Kent became a director at that company, where he worked until 1986.

In 1978, Kent was appointed a chairman and chief executive at Courage Limited. From 1981, he held the same position at Imperial Manufacturing Group Inc. In 1986, Kent was a deputy chairman and director at Corah PLC. In addition, he worked as a director and chairman at Mansfield Brewery Co. Ltd from 1989 to 1992.


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/198510 May 198512 May 1985New York
US
Arrowwood of Westchester
Rye Brook
The 33rd Bilderberg, held in Canada
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