occupation article_title death_place death_date
chairman , marks & spencer derek rayner , baron rayner
 surrey , england 26 june 1998
derek rayner , baron rayner

derek george rayner , baron rayner -lrb- 30 march 1926 - 26 june 1998 -rrb- was an english businessman who was chairman and chief executive of marks & spencer plc -lrb- now generally known as m&s -rrb- , one of the major british retailers who revived and rapidly expanded the company in the 1980s .
he began working for the company in 1953 as a management trainee and became the first chief executive outside the founding families of the company .
