Christopher Dale Pratt

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Christopher Dale Pratt
Born(1956-05-27)May 27, 1956
Occupation(s)Chairman and executive director
Employer(s)Cathay Pacific
Swire Pacific
AwardsCBE

Christopher Dale Pratt (Chinese: 白紀圖), CBE, was the chairman and executive director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and Swire Pacific Limited.

Background[edit]

Christopher Dale Pratt joined the John Swire & Sons Limited in 1978 and had worked with the group in Hong Kong, as well as Australia and Papua New Guinea. He was the chairman and executive director of Cathay Pacific and Swire Pacific, and had held the position from 1 February 2006; following the sudden resignation of David Turnbull, less than a year after he succeeded James W. J. Hughes-Hallett. Pratt was also the chairman of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO), John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Swire Beverages Limited and Swire Properties Limited, and a director of Air China Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.[1][2][3] Pratt retired from the Swire group in March 2014.[4]

Pratt served as the executive director of the Swire Pacific's Trading and Industrial Division between 2000 and 2005. In addition, he served as a director of Steamships Trading Company Limited from 1995 and became the chairman in 2000, and continued to serve until his retirement from the company on 27 February 2006.[5][6]

Education[edit]

Pratt has an honours degree in modern history from the University of Oxford.[5]

Awards and honours[edit]

Pratt is awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) (Civil Division) in the 2000 New Year Honours for his services to the community in Papua New Guinea.[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Directors and Officers". Swire Pacific Limited. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  2. ^ Ionides, Nicholas (20 December 2005). "Executive Appointments – Turnbull bows out". Flightglobal.com. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Swire Pacific picks new chairman". The New York Times. 25 November 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Swire Pacific's Pratt to retire as chairman of company and its units". Reuters. 16 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Executive Profile Christopher Dale Pratt CBE". BusinessWeek. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Retrieved 20 August 2009.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Chairman's Statement". Securities filing. Steamships Trading Co. Ltd. 29 May 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
  7. ^ "The London Gazette of Thursday 30 December 1999 Supplement No. 7" (PDF). TSO on behalf of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 31 December 1999. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2009.

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