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Friend, Robert Vernon, b 1941 (businessman)

 Person

Biography

Robert Vernon Friend joined the Bangkok office of Jardine Waugh Ltd in 1963. He opened the Representative Office of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in Jakarta in 1972, and was the Manager of the company's operations in Indonesia. He worked subsequently for the firm's Head Office at Hong Kong.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Semi-official correspondence of Sydney, 1963-1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/169
Scope and Contents Copies of semi-official correspondence of G.R.B. Patterson, Resident Representative in Australia and New Zealand of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Jardine Waugh Ltd and the Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd (April 1963-July 1964), and Jardine, Matheson & Co. (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney (from July 1964), with Jardine Waugh Ltd/Jardine, Matheson & Co. (S.E.A.) Ltd, Bangkok; Jardine Matheson, Jakarta; Matheson & Co. Ltd, London; Jardine Matheson Inc., San Francisco; Jardine,...
Dates: 1963-1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Semi-official letters from Hong Kong to London, 1945-1983

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/J1/121
Dates: 1945-1983
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson & Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_permission_form.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access to some records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.