John Cahill

John Conway Cahill (8 January 1930 – 4 November 1995) was a British businessman, and the former Chief Executive of British Aerospace and BTR plc. He sold Rover Group to BMW in 1994. Early life He was born in Ruislip in Middlesex, United Kingdom. He had a sister. His Irish Catholic father was one of the founders of Blue Circle Industries. He was sent to boarding school at the age of nine. He did not like his experience at boarding school. He left school at the age of 16. Career He worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week and did not like holidays. BTR Cahill rose to become CEO of BTR in 1987, where he led a three-year period of sales growth. BTR was acquisitive in this period of time under Sir Owen Green’s and Alan Jackson’s leadership.