Neil Shields
Sir Neil Stanley Shields,
and businessman.Shields was born in
Hampstead Borough Council
between 1947 and 1965, serving as deputy leader, and as chairman of the finance and works committees.
Shields later became an adviser in merger broking, especially in the role of director of
National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations
(1961–1963), and was thrice a member of the Conservative Party National Executive.
He was knighted in 1964 for political and public services in London and Hampstead.
During his time as the chairman of the
Commission for New Towns (1982–1995) Shields oversaw the doubling in the number of new towns under the control of the commission, as all the independent New Town Development Corporations were wound up by 1992, as part of the Conservative Government's proposals under Margaret Thatcher to reduce the number of Quangos. The commission, under his chairmanship, was converted from a holding body to a disposal agency, selling off billions of pounds of assets. At the same time Shields also served on the board of London Transport (1986–1993), six months doing so as interim Chairman (1988–89) after the Fennell report into the King's Cross fire, and afterwards as deputy chairman.[2][3]
References
- ^ "The Story of Chesham Amalgamations" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2007.
- ^ "Sir Neil Shields - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. 17 September 2002. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "Sir Neil Shields obituary - Times Online". The Times (London). 1 November 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2007.
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