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This Life - Angus MacSween
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Where do you live and why?
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What do
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Glasgow, Scotland. Brilliant blend you think are
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Tommy Beazley of cultural and natural heritage. your greatest
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Which companies have you worked strengths in the
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After a short service commission in
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Ability to
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the Royal Navy, I started my first adapt to change.
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Sharon Cowley
business selling telephone systems in Q
Favourite
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1984. One of my companies, Teledata
sport?
Design Manager
Limited, grew to become the UK’s largest A
The beautiful game – Football. That
Mitchell Gaynor
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stated as a lifelong supporter of Partick
businesses, which I eventually sold to
Thistle Nil (as Billy Connolly once thought
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Annette Weatherilt
Scottish Telecom plc (Thus). I then spent
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they were called) it’s debatable!
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two years on the Board of Scottish Q
Favourite musical artist?
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Telecom, where I had responsibility for
Haroon Malik
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Van Morrison
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the development of the company’s
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Favourite film?
Internet division, before leaving in 1998
Directors A Weekend at Bernie’s. The best film
Bill Dunlop Uprichard
Jan Smoothy
to found iomart.
depiction of corporate life ever
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What is your life philosophy?
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We don’t grow unless we take risks.
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What one possession would you take
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Who do you admire in your
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to a desert island?
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professional life?
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It might be considered cheating but
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I suppose it would have to be
can I take my boat?
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I’ve always had a love of the sea and
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What are your current projects?
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This has been a transformational year
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Where in the world would you most
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Where were the last 3 places you
combination of organic growth and
went on holiday?
strategic acquisitions.
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Florida & West Coast of Scotland.
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What were the last books you bought?
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Playing for Pizza by John Grisham &
Angus MacSween is the CEO of the
Strangers in Death by J. D. Robb
iomart Group
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