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Mervyn King was a scholar for 20 years before joining the Bank of England.?Photo: BLOOMBERG

The son of a railway Chesham Bois clerk, Buckinghamshire, Governor of the Bank of England was tagged as exceptionally bright at a young age.

When he left Cambridge in 1969, he was one of the students from 12 to 200 economy just to give a first.

Each of his four papers were marked "Alpha", marking him as one of the best economists of his generation.

Mr. King then 20 years were spent as a universitaire.Il came to fame as a professor at the London School of Economics, produce innovative documents which attracted the attention of the representatives of the Government tax.

At the end of the 1980s, he had an opening at the Bank of England, as a member of the "Court" or the Board of Directors .enfin, he joined the Bank as its Chief Economist in 1991.

This is Mr. King, who reinvented quarterly newsletters dusty Bank reports inflation awaited financial media worldwide.

A huge sports fan, he peppered his last speech presenting the report references cricket and once went up to organize a game between employees of the Bank of England and the obvious .moins ex-Villa players is Mr. King love of music.

As Governor, he has been criticized by a former member of the monetary policy Committee (MPC), David Blanchflower, as being "the old Bank of England iron fist".Alternative views, said Mr. Blanchflower, gave "abused".

However, another former member of the CPC, speaking on condition of anonymity, disagreement: "Mervyn has an energetic and bullying personality, but this is not the same as the group reflection."

"It is always a risk of committees, but the structure of the CPC makes it less likely to suffer from"reflection group"because it has such a rapid turnover of external members."

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Sir John Rose spent 14 of his 26 years at Rolls Royce as Chief Executive. When he announced in September that he had to resign in the next year, he drew praise from the Government, analysts and peers. It is widely regarded as the industry leader in the country.

However reluctance of Sir John media - he has never courted advertising - has been seen to work against him in current problems on the engine of Rolls - Royce Trent 900.Dans explosion engine on the Qantas flight days, society has published few communications to calm investors concerned.

However, treatment of the case is consistent with this philosophy corporate .Sir John describes himself as "notorious coherent". coupled with this attribute, it is also known to friends and colleagues for almost ruthless efficiency and attention to detail.

In the long term, it is likely that he remembered more for these qualities and the success that they translated by Rolls-Royce effect in the short term of Qantas engine failure.

Prior to joining Rolls, Sir John had a career in the Bank, First National Bank of Chicago, then safety of Pacifique.Il was knighted in 2003 and is married and father of three children.

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Sir Philip has a wealth of ?4 1bn.

Magnate Affairs Sir Philip Green, 58, is best known as the owner of Arcadia, which includes trademarks renowned high street Topshop, Burton and Miss Selfridge.Il has also BHS.

That reputation is and formidable patter is a reminder of contemporary business as Alan Sugar, Sir Philip experienced a quite different education.

Born into a middle class family, Green has attended a Jewish public school in Oxfordshire, but abandoned 15 to start an apprenticeship in the fashion industry.

At the age of 23 he borrowed money from the Bank to start his own company, Hong Kong prior to purchase chain Jean Jeanie in 1985 to ￡ 65,000 struggling fashion jeans imported and sell in less than a year later to Lee Cooper for a reported ￡ 3 million.

But it is not until he buys BHS warehouse in 2000 and Arcadia two years later, that it has acquired real recognition.

Sir Philip is currently ranked 9th in the Sunday Times Rich list at the bottom of the 6th place in 2009 and has a fortune reported billion pounds sterling.

In 2006, Sir Philip enlisted supermodel Kate Moss, assist in designing a range of garments which launched in May 2007.Après 14 collections, its final offer launched this fall.

Three failed attempts to buy marks & Spencer added to the glory of Sir Philip, and he is known for his outspoken comments and lavish lifestyle as well as sound business sense.

His wife Tina would have bought him a solid game of Monopoly, featuring its very own acquisitions as a 50th anniversary present, which was celebrated with a party of 200 invités.Ils gown have two children.

Sir Philip, knighted in 2006 for his services to the retail industry has been registered by David Cameron in August to conduct a review of government expenditures.

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Mr. Snook was a former Regional Director General Morgan Sindall.

The speed of rise of the Group was welcomed as special observers, CEO of Snook winner of the year awards quotation 2007.Cependant, Company unfortunately for shareholders of Rok, its demise has been even faster.

A former Regional Director Morgan Sindall, Snook moved to Exeter Building Contractors [EBC] in 2000, quickly redésignés Rok society due to its image of losses in the city.

Snook at the top industry increase drew suspicion with his taste for the modern techniques of gestion.Dans skeptical rival building an interview earlier this year, for example, Snook says that works "in Rok" and not "for Rok".

At the end of account, however, the image that Snook imagined for Rok-"the nation local Builder"-has proved to be the key to its cancellation.ROK has deposits and staff directly employed in the whole of society, which means that when revenues came under pressure from its large cash drained cost - base.

Speaking to the month of August, Snook, a bright motorcyclist admitted consider his position as Chief Executive in the middle of the concerns about accounting practices plomberie.La endangered speed arm of Rok means that its Chief Executive never had occasion to consider his r?le.Il has a fall emphatic disgrace.Dans night Snook collected its CEO, the Rok stock price was 918 p.lors negotiation has been suspended on Monday, they cost just 18?p.

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Mr. Horta-Os?rio, who is married and has three children, began his career at the Citibank Portugal where he was responsible for the capital markets.

46 Years old, a veteran of 850 scuba dives - 100 of them "shark dives" Santander UK Executive Director since 2006.

In the last few years he has swallowed Alliance & Leicester for ￡ 1. 26bn, Bradford & Bingley ￡ 21bn savings book and 197 branches to 612 million from ￡ 318 branches of the Royal Bank of Scotland, adding them to the Abbey, the British Bank belonging to Santander.

Mr. Horta-Osório, who is married and has three children, began his career at the Citibank Portugal where he was responsible for the capital markets.

He then worked for Goldman Sachs in New York and London before joining Grupo Santander as Chief Executive of the Banco Santander de Negocios Portugal in 1993.

Bankers as public enemy number one in the wake of the financial crisis, he says: "I would say bankers are being impliquées.Je would say that it has as an industry work hard to improve its credibility."

However, there is no Jonas and does not believe that the UK financial sector is dying.

"The financial sector is an advantage competitive key of the British economy, this should be encouraged and nurtured by the authorities", he said in an interview last year.

"I think the United Kingdom has all conditions to become even stronger from this crisis on a relative basis and will continue to be an advantage competitive key fleet economy does not mean errors do not have to be corrected."

In June 2009 he was appointed non-Executive Director of the Court of the Bank of England.

Mr. Horta-Osório, who is also Executive Vice President of the Santander group and member of its Management Committee, has a degree in management and trade at the Portuguese Catholic University, an MBA from INSEAD and completed a program advanced management of the Harvard Business School.

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