- Gavin Wilson
Gavin Wilson (born in 1959) is a writer and analyst for
IBM . He is also a director of IBM UKPensions Trust andThames Ditton Lawn Tennis Club .Wilson won a scholarship to Oundle. Between 1977 and 1980 he was an exhibitioner at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford and graduated with an honours degree inMathematics . In 1987 he was awarded an MBA from theLondon Business School . In the 1980s, Wilson revisited the chess opening called theKingston Defence -- 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5?! -- and published a monograph on the subject in 1989.Wilson advises IBM on its investments and competitive strategies, and has written a series of regular internal publications, including "weekly.400", "eServer observer", "Northings" and "Top Bits". He writes the monthly "BeeP" for IBM
business partner s. Wilson has made significant contributions to the theory ofproximity mapping as a means of understanding markets and competitive situations.Since 2002, Wilson has been a director of the IBM UK Pensions Trust, helping to steer the organisation through a difficult period in which the employer acted to limit its liabilities, while requiring employees to increase their contributions to the
defined benefit schemes.References
*
*
*
*External links
* [http://www-05.ibm.com/employment/uk/pensions/med_results05.html IBM UK Pensions Trust]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4613752.ece Tribute to a former boss of IBM UK in The Times]
* [http://www.amipp.org.uk/elect/candgw.html The rebel IBM pensioners website]
* [http://possibleintelligence.blogspot.com/ Gavin Wilson's blog]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.