Ronald Victor Emerson is a British businessman who was the founding Chairman of the British Business Bank from 2013 to 2016. He was educated at West Hartlepool Grammar School, the University of Manchester (BSc Engineering), Durham University (MSc), and University of Oxford, (MLitt, MA)."Emerson, Ronald Victor, (born 22 Feb. 1947), Chairman, B North, since 2019." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2015 He was Senior Advisor to both the

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from 1997 to 2000, and Chairman of Fairfield Energy from 2010 to 2016. He is a former chairman of Amsterdam Trade Bank, and was Chairman of Bank North. He was made a

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(CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to international banking and the financing of small and mid sized businesses.

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1947 births Living people Alumni of the University of Manchester Alumni of Templeton College, Oxford Academics of Saïd Business School Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People from Hartlepool Alumni of Durham University Graduate Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts {{UK-business-bio-1940s-stub