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The Viscount Buckmaster | |
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| Born | 2 February 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Employer | Avecia PLC |
| Known for | Peer |
| Title | 4th Viscount Buckmaster |
| Predecessor | Martin Stanley Buckmaster |
| Successor | Holder |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Mary Mark |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Hon. Colin John Buckmaster and May Gibbon |
Adrian Charles Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster (born 2 February 1949) is a British peer and businessman.
The son of the Hon Colin John Buckmaster, a son of the 2nd Viscount, by his marriage to May Gibbon, Buckmaster was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, and Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and proceeding to Master of Arts in 1974.
Buckmaster has been Chief Executive Officer of Avecia Group PLC since October 2005 and also is Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Products Group Ltd. He has been a Director of Avecia Group since May 2006 and is a Director of Avecia Holdings PLC. [1]
He married Elizabeth Mary Mark, daughter of Norman Mark, on 26 July 1975 and has a son and two daughters;
Buckmaster is a Trustee of the Clare College Boat Club. [3]
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