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Sir Francis Christopher Buchan Bland
Sir Francis Christopher Buchan Bland was previously a llp-member of Bury Fitzwilliam-LAY and Partners LLP (until 2017) and 15 other organisations. Source: Companies House records.
Llp-member at Bury Fitzwilliam-LAY and Partners LLP · Director at Canongate Books Limited
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- 16 previous roles
- Served alongside 397 people
Francis's network: 397 people across 19 organisations
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16 roles across 16 organisations-
Bury Fitzwilliam-LAY and Partners LLPLlp-member · 2004-2017
Official record · Companies House
- Source
- Companies House
- Organisation
- Bury Fitzwilliam-LAY and Partners LLP
- Role
- Llp-member
- Appointed
- 2004-06-30
- Ended
- 2017-01-28
- Record reference
- Company OC307857
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Canongate Books LimitedDirector · 2002-2017
Official record · Companies House
- Source
- Companies House
- Organisation
- Canongate Books Limited
- Role
- Director
- Appointed
- 2002-12-18
- Ended
- 2017-01-28
- Record reference
- Company SC152259
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DHL Trustees LimitedDirector · 1995-2000
Official record · Companies House
- Source
- Companies House
- Organisation
- DHL Trustees Limited
- Role
- Director
- Appointed
- 1995-07-26
- Ended
- 2000-05-03
- Record reference
- Company 00877779
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