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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 36, Number 21. 5th September 1973
[Introduction]
Tim coney says that when he appeared in Oxford Street in central London wearing shorts and tee shirt he shattered the normally reliable Londoners' sang froid and attracted some rather ungentlemanly wolf-whistles. But For Tim and his wife Margaret this is all part of the job of settling down in a new job overseas.
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A beer at lunch time in an old London pub. Left to right: Duncan Simpson, Philip Oliver and Tim Coney.
Tim, 27. is on his first overseas posting. He joined BP five years ago after graduating from Victoria University of Wellington with a degree in commerce. His first job with the company was as a systems analyst. He then moved over to the Sales Department and among other things gained experience as a sales representative in Hawkes Bay.
Now he is at the BP group's headquarters in London to gain wider experience of international marketing. His first attachment there was in the International Sales Department where he was involved with the problems of marketing marine lubricants. Then he moved to Area Supply Branch and more recently to Automotive Branch. When he returns to New Zealand he will be responsible for the co-ordination of the company's forward planning programme.
Does he think this two-year tour will be worthwhile'? "Since I've come to do a job and not merely attend a series of courses I believe it is very worth-while. Seeing things from this vantage point in London helps me to see how apparently obscure decisions in New Zealand are sometimes quite explicable."