About Graham Hearne
Born 1937. Graham Hearne is a British businessperson.
Sir Graham James Hearne (born 23 November 1937) is a British solicitor and finance director who was chairman of Enterprise Oil from 1991 until 2002, having joined Enterprise as chief executive officer in 1984. Before the company was acquired by Shell in 2002; Hearne became known as "the driving force behind Enterprise", leading the fledgling company as it scaled daily oil production. There, future Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby also served, as the treasurer of its oil exploitation group.
He was High Sheriff of Greater London in 1995-96. He was awarded the CBE in 1990, and knighted in 1998.
In 2002, he became the chair of Consort Resources, founded by Lord Colin Moynihan in 2000.
He was a non-executive director at Rothschilds, Novar and Invensys.
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British businessman
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Graham Hearne was born on 23 November 1937.
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Graham Hearne is a businessperson.
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