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Swire Group (Chinese: 太古集團) is a highly diversified global conglomerate with its parent company being John Swire & Sons Limited that holds controlling stakes in a range of businesses trading in the UK, USA, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East and West Africa, and across Southeast Asia. The Group's businesses are arranged into groups ...
James Wyndham John Hughes-Hallett, CMG, SBS (10 September 1949 – 12 October 2019) was a British businessman and investor. [1] He was Chairman of the Swire Group between 2005 and 2015.
Swire Properties Limited (Chinese: 太古地產) is a property developer, owner and operator of mixed-use, principally commercial properties in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Founded and headquartered in Hong Kong in 1972, Swire Properties is a property developer in Hong Kong , and is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong .
Swire started his career at the family business, the Swire Group, in 2003. [4] He has worked for them in Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Sri Lanka and London. [4] Swire has served on the board of directors of John Swire & Sons Ltd since January 2015. [4] In 2019, Swire became chairman of Swire Shipping and Swire Bulk.
The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo) is a London-based holding company of merchant shipping companies Swire Shipping Pte Ltd and Swire Bulk Pte Ltd, both of which are headquartered in Singapore. [1] [2] [3] The Swire flag is also the house flag of CNCo. CNCo is part of the Swire group and wholly owned by John Swire & Sons Limited.
In New Zealand, Fletcher Challenge was formed in 1981 from the merger of Fletcher Holdings, Challenge Corporation, and Tasman Pulp & Paper, in an attempt to create a New Zealand-based multi-national company. At the time, the newly merged company dealt in construction, building supplies, pulp and paper mills, forestry, and oil & gas.
Swire served in the Irish Guards from 1945 to 1948, both in the UK and in Israel. [1] Swire started his career at Butterfield & Swire, a subsidiary of the Swire Group in Hong Kong, in 1950. [1] He served on the Board of Directors of John Swire & Sons Ltd from 1955 to 1997, as its Chairman from 1966 to 1987, and Honorary President from 1987 to ...
John Samuel Swire (24 December 1825 – 1 December 1898) was a British businessman. He grew his family business, the Swire Group , and expanded the cotton and sugar trade with China . He established the Taikoo Sugar Refinery in Hong Kong and The China Navigation Company on the Yangtze river.