Mark Anthony Fenwick (born May 1948) is a British businessman, the fifth generation of his family to run the
Fenwick department store
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chain
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founded in 1882.
Mark Anthony Fenwick was born in May 1948. He was the son of John Fenwick, who died in 2008, at age 99, and who ran the firm from 1972; having joined it in 1932 after graduating from
Cambridge University
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, and his wife Sheila.
He has a brother, James Fenwick.
Fenwick has been the manager of pop music acts
Roxy Music
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,
T. Rex and is currently
Roger Waters
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', of Pink Floyd fame, manager. and was a director of
E.G. Records.
Fenwick stepped down as chairman of
Fenwick on 18 May 2017, when he was succeeded by
Richard Pennycook, a former CEO of
The Co-operative Group
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.
He ceased to be a director in August 2017.
Fenwick Limited Annual Report and accounts 28 January 2018
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References
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Living people
1948 births
English music managers
English businesspeople in retailing
Roger Waters