Scots oil boss Gammell is playing a canny game as Cairn joins Footsie scrum; the CITY interview.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: September 9, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: BRIAN O'CONNOR

BILL Gammell is riding high. Cairn Energy, the Scots oil explorer he founded and floated, burst into the top 100 share index last night. Its value has soared from [pounds sterling]6m to [pounds sterling]2.3bn.

Gammell's own shares and options are worth more than [pounds sterling]20m.

Yet Gammell, tall and athletic as befits a former Scots rugby international, looks faintly worried.

'Having been chief executive of a...

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