Ralph Edmund Stead (7 January 1917 – 27 September 2000) was Chairman of the Eastern Region of the

British Gas Corporation British Gas (trading as Scottish Gas in Scotland) is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom. It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica. Serving ...

, 1977-81. ''Education:''

Manchester Grammar School The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) is a highly Selective school, selective Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom, private day school for boys aged 7-18 in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham (then Bishop of Exeter). ...

and Ilford County High School. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, he served in the

Royal Army Service Corps The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and do ...

. Qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1949, he worked for British Gas for the rest of his career. He was also a member of the Financial Institutions Group,

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, 1981–82; Management Committee, Lazards Property Unit Trust, 1979–92; and the Rent Assessment Panel for Scotland, 1983-87.

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1917 births 2000 deaths People educated at Ilford County High School People educated at Manchester Grammar School British Army personnel of World War II Royal Army Service Corps soldiers 20th-century English businesspeople {{England-business-bio-stub