illuminate #8 - the magazine from The Wilson Organisation

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Wilsons’ Centenary

1930s – John J Prow was born in 1936, while Wilsons was operating from offices on Milton Street in Nottingham

1920s – During the 1920s Wilsons developed its commercial insurance offering under the stewardship of Harold Wilson.

2012 Ellie Perkins, fourth generation of the family, was born

2010 FBA commenced

2009 & 2010 Sponsored Restaurant Awards

2010 2002 Acquired business of O’Dell Walton

2002 AKP joined the business

2000 2000 Wilsons established the first Construction Forum in the East Midlands

2009 AKP became CEO & CJP became Group MD

2008 Ken Greaves retired from the board

1950

2007 CJP/AKP became joint MD

1960

1949 John F Prow joined the business

1940s – John F Prow joined Harold Wilson in the business, marking the first generation of the Prow family’s involvement in The Wilson Organisation. Wilsons’ clients included leading Nottingham firm Boots the Chemist, plus a number of operators in the burgeoning railway sector.

1960 JJP joined the business

1961 Ken Greaves joined Wilsons

1963 JJP became chairman

1964 Moved to Wilson House

1930 1940

1964 OP joined the business

1920

2000s – Annabel joined the family business in 2002, the same year that John Prow acquired the business of O’Dell Walton. Charlotte and Annabel became joint Managing Directors in 2007, before moving into the roles we see them in today – Charlotte as Group MD and Annabel as CEO.

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