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Description of An Inclusive Community With Integrity

Before becoming Chairman of the Northwest Development Agency, Terry Thomas had a successful career in banking which included nine years as Managing Director of the Co-operative Bank, and seven years as President of the International Co-operative Banking Association. The Co-operative Bank is all about being a brand; Terry Thomas was the first person to brand a bank with ethics. To develop an effective brand is to ensure consumers associate it with a core set of values so that they know what to expect whatever the product or service. He turned the Bank into a highly focused and profitable business, occupying a unique position in the market place.
After 25 years service with the Bank, he retired and was looking forward to new challenges; but life does not always turn out as planned. In July of 1999 he was preparing for a journey into London when he suffered a stroke. The family rallied round. It is said that when one person has a stroke the whole family has a stroke: Baron Thomas realised the truth of this when he emerged a different man and the family absorbed the uncharacteristic changes of mood and intolerance during this period.

An Inclusive Community With Integrity tells how the guiding principles of Baron Thomas have come into being, how they have been developed and influenced his career. This is a fascinating memoir, well constructed and a pleasure to read.

Title Information

ISBN:

9781841040769

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

371287

Publisher:

Memoir Club

Published:

27/05/2008

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