Bertram Nelson
Bertram Nelson CBE (1905–1984) was a senior partner at Lithgow Nelson & Co and as President of the Society of Incorporated Accountants played a leading role in its amalgamation with the ICAEW[1] in 1957. His wide variety of roles reflected his interest in supporting the development of the accountancy profession as well as business, education and the arts in Liverpool :
- Secretary of the Merseyside Civic Society (1938-1985)
- Member of BBC North Regional Council (1947-1957)
- Director of the Liverpool Playhouse (1949-1963)
- Chairman of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce (1951-1953)
- Chairman of the Liverpool Youth Welfare Advisory Committee (1952-1965)
- Director of Liverpool Exchange Newsroom Company (1956)
- Member of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (1957-1965)
- President of the Liverpool Athenaeum (1962)
- Pro-Chancellor,[2] Liverpool University (1966-1972)
- Member of Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board (1967 - 1975)
- Chairman of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo PLC (1972-1976)
- Chairman Wirral Estates PLC (1980-1983)
At a national level his roles included :
- Member of the Society of Incorporated Accountants Council (1937-1957)[3]
- President of the Society of Incorporated Accountants (1954-1956)
- Secretary of the Overall Manufacturers Association (1940 - 1982)[4]
- Member of the Board of Trade Consultative Committee on Companies (1954-1973)[5]
- Vice President of the British Chamber of Commerce (1956)
- Treasurer of the Committee of the Export Credit Guarantee Department (1958)[6]
- Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Council (1957-1975)
He was author of Nelson's Tables: Company Procedure : Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement first published in 1931. The eleventh and final edition of this book was published in 1990 ISBN 978-085-121692-8.
He married Eleanor Kinsey in June, 1954. He was made a CBE in the 1956 New Year Honours.
References
- ↑ Parker, Robert (2012). Major contributors to the British accountancy profession: A biographical sourcebook (PDF). ICAS. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-904574-85-9.
- ↑ "Officers of University College and University" (PDF). University of Liverpool.
- ↑ "Obituary Bertram Nelson" (July 1984). Accountancy Magazine.
- ↑ "Obituary Bertram Nelson" (July 1984). Accountancy Magazine.
- ↑ "Obituary Bertram Nelson" (July 1984). Accountancy Magazine.
- ↑ "Obituary Bertram Nelson" (July 1984). Accountancy Magazine.
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