Sir Ernest Thomas Harrison (11 May 1926 – 16 February 2009)
was an English businessman. He was best known as chairman of electronics company
Racal
Racal Electronics plc was a British electronics company that was founded in 1950.
Listed on the London Stock Exchange and once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, Racal was a diversified company, offering products including voice loggers and ...
and the first chairman of its spun-out mobile telephony division,
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Public limited company, plc () is a British Multinational corporation, multinational Telephone company, telecommunications company. Its registered office and Headquarters, global headquarters are in Newbury, Berkshire, England. It ...
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References
External links
Obituary at The Daily Telegraph
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People from Hackney Central
Fleet Air Arm personnel of World War II
Businesspeople awarded knighthoods
English accountants
Racal
British racehorse owners and breeders
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Knights Bachelor
1926 births
2009 deaths
Chairmen of Vodafone
British chief executives
British corporate directors
British chairpersons of corporations
20th-century English businesspeople