Sir Graham Hearne CBE

CBE

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is an English businessman who was chairman of Enterprise Oil

Enterprise Oil

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 from 1991 until 2002, having joined Enterprise as chief executive in 1984.

He practiced as a solicitor at Pinsent & Co and at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

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 in New York. He served with the Industrial Reorganisation Congress before moving on to N M Rothschild & Sons

N M Rothschild & Sons

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, where he remains a non-executive director. He was High Sheriff of Greater London

High Sheriff of Greater London

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in 1995-96.