Summary
Vanni Emanuele Treves CBE (1940 – 10 November 2019)[1] was a British business executive. He was Chairman of Channel 4 (1998–2003), a senior partner of City law firm Macfarlanes, and Chairman (2001–2009)[2] of Equitable Life.[3]
Early life and education edit
Treves was born in Florence, Italy in 1940.[4] His father was killed during the Second World War in 1944 and his mother remarried, after which the family relocated to Swiss Cottage in London. He won a scholarship to the independent St Paul's School, London, before attending the University of Oxford to study jurisprudence. Treves later completed a Fulbright scholarship in the United States at the University of Illinois. He relinquished his dual Italian-British nationality at the age of 36 when he realised that it made him eligible for national service in the Italian Army.[5]
Career edit
Following his graduation from Oxford, Treves joined Macfarlanes in 1963 and went on to become a specialist in corporate governance. It was this that led to his appointment as a non-executive director of Saatchi & Saatchi in 1987. During the 1990s he went on to develop a career, as Philip Inman puts it, as a "serial chairman." In 2001 he took up the chairmanship of Equitable Life, determined to resolve its troubles.[5]
Treves was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to education (as chair of the National College for School Leadership).[6]
Personal life edit
Treves was married with two sons and a daughter.[5] He was a donor to the Labour Party.[7]
He authored "What life after retirement from the law?," which was published in The Times on 4 April 2013.[8]
References edit
- ^ "TREVES - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Press Release Archive 2009". Equitable Life. Equitable Life. 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "The Board". Equitable Life. Equitable Life. 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Vanni Treves: the barrister manqué at Korn/Ferry". Martin Waller. The Times. 30 August 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ a b c "Corporate charmer coaxing cash for children's charity". Philip Inman. The Guardian. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 8.
- ^ "Equitable boss shown to be New Labour donor". The Lawyer. 7 May 2001. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Treves, Vanni. "What life after retirement from the law?".