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Daily Mail, London, Ruth Sunderland Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2004
By Ruth Sunderland, Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 2--The Marks & Spencer bid battle is showdown time for two of the Square Mile's Masters of the Universe.
In the Green corner is Bob Wigley of Merrill Lynch, a longtime lieutenant of the Bhs boss. And in the Rose corner for M&S is Simon Robey, a star at Morgan Stanley.
Both men are multi-millionaires. Both are aged just 43. And both are determined to win.
Wigley, who lives in London's affluent Kensington, is widely seen as a significant power behind Green's throne.
He is also a non-executive director of Royal Mail under former Asda boss Allan Leighton.
As well as advising Green on his takeover of Arcadia in 2002 -- then run by...
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