Robert Haslam, Baron Haslam

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Robert "Bob" Haslam, Baron Haslam (born February 4, 1923 in Bolton , Lancashire ; † November 2, 2002 , Virginia Water , Surrey ) was a British engineer and industrialist.

Robert Haslam failed the entrance examination for the University of Cambridge and therefore studied at the University of Birmingham first geography, then geology and finally mining sciences . He worked for the Manchester Colleries mining company from 1944 to 1947 .

In 1947 he began working as a mining engineer for the explosives division of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). With his knowledge of explosives, he advised David Lean on the construction and demolition of the bridge in the film The Bridge on the Kwai . Haslam took on various positions at ICI and in the early 1970s was responsible, among other things, for laying off 7,000 employees as part of a Europe-wide restructuring of the company. By 1980 he was promoted to chairman of ICI.

In 1982 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wanted to nominate him as chairman of the British Coal Board , but a cerebral hemorrhage prevented this. In 1983 he became chairman of both Tate & Lyle and British Steel . In 1990 he officially retired and became a life peer member of the House of Lords for the Conservative Party . At the same time he was the chairman of the British section of the American investment bank Wasserstein Perella & Co until 1999 .

Robert Haslam was married to Joyce Quin from 1947 until her death in 1995. The couple had two sons. Haslam was married to Elizabeth Sieff for the second time since 1996.

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SURNAME Haslam, Robert, Baron Haslam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haslam, Robert; Haslam, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British engineer and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolton , Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 2002
Place of death Virginia Water , Surrey