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Alastair Elliott Forsyth (1932-2020) was born in Hong Kong, attended school in the UK and took his degree at Keble College, Oxford University. After some years in industry (United Steel Companies and the General Electric Company), he joined the London merchant bank J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Ltd in 1971. From 1976 to 1982 he lived in Caracas as the regional representative for the Schroder Group. He was appointed a director of J. Henry Schroder Wagg in 1982, and in 1984 was made Director responsible for Latin America. In 1992 he retired as a director of Schroders and established his own advisory company, Consultores Asociados Sur Americanos (C.A.S.A.), specialising in financial aspects of Latin American development. He acted as an adviser to Schroders until 1996. He served as chair of the Anglo-Colombian Society, vice-chairman of the Argentine-British Conference and secretary of the South Atlantic Council.

[Biography derived from: 'Argentina: foreign relations and the new foreign policy agenda' edited by edited by
Colin M. Lewis and Celia Szusterman (University of London, Institute of Latin American Studies, Occasional Papers No. 14, 1996)]

Andrew Sykes (b c 1958) was a Director of Schroders plc and Chair of Schroder & Co. with responsibility for Schroders plc’s Private Equity, Property and Structured Products businesses. In addition, he was a member of the Group Management Committee and sat on the Investment Committee of the Schroder Private Equity Fund of Funds, which is advised by Schroder Ventures (London) Limited, Schroder Ventures International Investment Trust’s operating subsidiary.

Andrew Sykes joined J. Henry Schroder & Co. in 1978 and held various positions within the bank before becoming Chair of Schroder & Co. and Schroder (CI) Limited following the sale of Schroders plc investment banking division in 2000.

Gender: Male

Gender: Male

Bernard Dewe-Mathews in 'The Mallinckrodt-Bischoff Partnership' "Sir Henry Fisher, a former high court judge, became group planning director in 1971,having been persuaded by Richardson that merchant banking would be a more interesting career than remaining on the bench. Later he said wryly, 'It is always greener on the other side'"(p.38).

David Leslie Murison (c.1921?) was an investment banker for Helbert Wagg & Co. He had joined the company straight after his war service, and he was made director by the age of 35 in 1956. After the acquisition of Helbert Wagg & Co. Murison became a director for J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Ltd in 1962. By 1967 Murison had begun a three-year secondment in Australia for (Schroder) Darling & Company Ltd. By the early 1970s Murison was working back in London for J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Ltd but with an emphasis on Australian business. His papers revealed he had a wife called Jackie (Jacqueline?) who was shown to accompany him on his business trips abroad and his personal files revealed that they had two children, Andrew and Sarah.