'It only took us two years to negotiate' Sir William Castell tells Lauren Mills he has no qualms that a great British company, Amersham, is being bought by GE

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: October 12, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Amersham is set to disappear from the map. Not the sleepy little town in Buckinghamshire, but the medical diagnostics business that from uncertain beginnings as Margaret Thatcher's first privatisation has grown into Britain's largest healthcare company.

In the biggest UK takeover this year, General Electric, the US conglomerate, has agreed to pay an electrifying pounds 5.7bn for it.

So Sir William Castell, the chief executive of Amersham, looks like the cat that got the cream. Not only have his shares soared in value to well over pounds 2m, but he also gets a bigger job.

Castell will join ...

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