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, 37 days before his one-hundredth birthday, and who ran the firm from 1972; having joined it in 1932 after graduating from
Cambridge University
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Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
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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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,
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and
Roger Waters
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, 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.
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