James Bremner Dow

James Bremner (Brem) Dow ya yi karatu a Kwalejin George Watson da Jami'o'in Edinburgh da Cambridge, kafin ya shiga Kamfanin Standard Life Assurance a 1928 a matsayin ƙaramin ɗan koyo. Brem Dow ne ke da alhakin fara sashen tsarin fansho na Standard Life a 1931, yana aiki tare da A. Ernest Bromfield, R.H. Mackay, da K.W. Marshall, kuma, yana aiki tare na Andrew Rutherford Davidson, ya ba da tushe mai ƙarfi ga kasuwancin fansho na Standard Life. A karkashin jagorancin Reid, Dow ya mai da hankali kan fadada tallace-tallace a gida, maimakon mai da hankali sosai kan damar kasashen waje. An nada Dow a matsayin mai ba da lissafi na hadin gwiwa a 1942,  wanda aka inganta daga sakatare da mai ba da izini zuwa mataimakin manajan da sakatare a 1961, kuma a ƙarshe manajan a 1964.

A karkashin gudanarwar Dow, Standard Life ta ga mayar da hankali kan yanki na tsarin gudanar da kamfanin, da horo don tallafawa kamfanin da ke aiki a matsayin ƙungiya ɗaya. Kamar wadanda suka riga shi, Dow ya saka hannun jari sosai a cikin manufar mutuality, a kai a kai yana bayyana fa'idodi ga masu riƙe da manufofi. A lokacin da yake manajan, Dow ya yi tafiya zuwa ofisoshin kasashen waje, gami da ziyarar Ofishin Kanada a shekarar 1969,  da Jamaica a shekarar 1970. 

Bugu da kari, Dow ya ba da gudummawa ga gado na wasanni na kamfanin, yana gabatar da kofin ƙalubale don gasar golf ta shekara-shekara tsakanin Standard Life da Scottish Widows a lokacin mulkinsa. Ya zama ɗan ƙungiyar Faculty of Actuaries a 1931, kuma daga baya ya zama Shugaban kasa (1966-1968). Dow ya yi ritaya a matsayin manajan a shekarar 1970, kuma David William Alexander Donald ya gaje shi.

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