James Douglas BEST
Born Jul 1947 · 8 appointments total
Director DNA
Distress-adjacent pattern
5 of 8 appointments (63%) are at companies that became distressed, dissolved, or entered insolvency. Worth investigating outcomes.
Active appointments
0
Former appointments
8
Dissolved companies
5
63% of total
Median tenure
4.6y
Reliability
40/100
Based on tenure, outcomes, admin discipline
Distress adjacency
50/100
Exposure to dissolved / liquidated companies
Admin discipline
50/100
Inferred from appointment patterns
🔒Phoenix pattern detection
3 dissolved-then-successor pairs detected in this director's history.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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No active appointments.
Former appointments (8)
MURRAY INTERNATIONAL TRUST PLC
activeSC006705 · director
appointed 2005-06-30 · resigned 2018-04-26 · 12.8y tenure
dissolved
active
QUAYLE MUNRO HOLDINGS LIMITED
dissolvedSC072014 · director
appointed 2000-10-16 · resigned 2001-11-02 · 1.0y tenure
HOULIHAN LOKEY (CORPORATE FINANCE) LIMITED
dissolvedSC081648 · director
appointed 2000-10-16 · resigned 2001-11-02 · 1.0y tenure
MURRAY GLOBAL RETURN TRUST PLC
dissolvedSC014979 · director
appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2005-03-18 · 4.6y tenure
HSBC INVESTMENT BANK HOLDINGS LIMITED
active03141245 · director
appointed 1996-03-29 · resigned 1996-11-20 · 8mo tenure
dissolved