John Buchanan (oil executive)

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Sir John Gordon St Clair Buchanan (9 June 1943 – 13 July 2015) was a New Zealand-born scientist and director.

Buchanan was born in Auckland in June 1943[1] and grew up in Papatoetoe.[2] He received his education at Auckland Grammar School[3] and at the University of Auckland (BSc, MSc, PhD in Chemistry),[1] and at Oxford and Harvard Universities.[4] The title of this 1967 doctoral thesis at Auckland University was The Clemmensen reduction of 1,4-diketones and diterpenoid transformations.[5]

Buchanan joined

ARM Holdings (3 May 2012 until 1 May 2014).[4] He was a director of AstraZeneca (25 April 2002 to 29 April 2010).[4]

Buchanan became chairman of

New Zealand High Commission in London.[6]

In the 2012 New Year Honours, Buchanan was knighted for his services to industry.[7] Buchanan had pancreatic cancer from about 2011.[8] He became unwell in late 2014 and relinquished some of his roles.[6]

Buchanan died on 13 July 2015 and was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Buchanan, Dr John" (PDF). BHP. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. The Dominion Post
    . Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Cramb, Gordon (14 July 2015). "Sir John Buchanan, scientist and finance chief, 1943-2015". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "John G. S. Buchanan BSc, MSc (Hons 1), Ph.D." Bloomberg Businessweek. July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. hdl:2292/755
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  6. ^ a b Stewart, Ashleigh (13 February 2015). "Expats funnel $6 million into Christchurch rebuild". The Press. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  7. ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 1.
  8. ^ Chambers, Matt (14 July 2015). "BHP director John Buchanan dead". The Australian. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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