Ralph Stead


Ralph Edmund Stead was Chairman of the Eastern Region of the British Gas Corporation, 1977-81.
Education: Manchester Grammar School and Ilford County High School.
During World War II, he served in the Royal Army Service Corps. Qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1949, he worked for British Gas for the rest of his career.
He was also a member of the Financial Institutions Group, Department of the Environment, 1981-82; Management Committee, Lazards Property Unit Trust, 1979-92; and the Rent Assessment Panel for Scotland, 1983-87.