Building Bridges

50 Years in Business

Dick Olver's initial response to being offered a job at BP was to turn it down. Luckily he didn't. Thirty years later, he had risen to be deputy CEO. His next appointment was Chairman of BAE Systems where a steady new hand was needed. Dick's great skill of getting the very best outof people is captured in hiscompelling autobiography.

It was lucky for both BP and DickOlver that he changed his mind after initially declining their job offer. Thirty years later he had become one of the multinationaloil and gas company's most respected and talented managers - rising to bedeputy chief executive. As Building Bridges recounts, along the way he hadcrossed many bridges - some over very troubled waters.

After leaving BP, Dick's remarkablecareer didn't stop there. He was appointed chairman of Britain's leadinginternational defence contractor BAE Systems at a critical time when a steady new hand on the tiller wasrequired to steer the company through to the next delicate stages ofdevelopment - salvaging its reputation and ensuring its emergence as one of thebiggest defence companies in the world.

Never one to stand still, his business and philanthropicactivities have continued apace with new ventures - particularly guiding emergentcompanies.

Dick's great skill of gettingthe very best out of people and teams comes through with the fascinatingdetails in this compelling autobiography.

Contributor: Rt Hon The Lord Gold (Foreword by)

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