industry merger broking founded london 1962 founder dr francis singer nicholas stacey headquarters london key people philip craig jonathan reddaway website www.cheshamamalgamations.com chesham amalgamations is the trading name of chesham amalgamations & investments limited a pioneering mergers and acquisitions broking company based in the uk . it was formed in 1962 by dr francis singer and nicholas stacey both austro hungarian at 36 chesham place belgravia 1 with the intention of assisting in peaceful mergers and in this respect played a small but significant role in the reorganization of uk industry during the sixties and seventies . the company was unusual in dealing only with uncontested mergers and so avoided the protracted battles that were often harmful to the companies involved . john warner obituary nicholas stacey the independent london 5 february 1997 stacey introduced sir miles thomas later lord thomas of remenham who had previously been chairman of the british overseas airways corporation now british airways 2 and president and chairman of the national savings committee . 3 thomas later became chairman of chesham . 1 the company benefitted from the formation of the industrial reorganisation corporation by the 1966 british labour government which had the intention of promoting and helping finance regroupings in industry and which thus encouraged a trend toward bigger business . in 1966 1967 it successfully concluded us 50 million worth of corporate mergers . 4 by 1969 the company had recruited sir neil shields as its third director . 1 external links edit chesham amalgamations website the history of chesham amalgamations references edit a b c the story of chesham amalgamations pdf . retrieved 2007 06 20 . the history of the british airways museum 1987 . retrieved 2007 06 20 . janus the papers of enoch powell . retrieved 2007 06 20 . britain s cult of bigness . time . 1967 10 27 . retrieved 2007 06 20 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chesham amalgamations & oldid 647082783 categories companies based in londoninvestment companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1962mergers and acquisitionsprivately held companies of the united kingdom navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 10 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view