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He was Chairman of the [[Royal Western India Turf Club]] (1931–1939) and instigated Mumbai Races's A.Geddis Plate. His extensive business interests included a directorship of the [[Bank of India]] Ltd and co-founding Geoffrey Manners & Co. Ltd., which became a leading distributor and manufacturer of Consumer Healthcare products and Pharmaceuticals across India until its amalgamation in April 2003 with the [[Wyeth]] Corporation, formerly known as American Home Products (AHP),one of the largest [[pharmaceutical company|pharmaceutical companies]] in the world.[[File:Andrew geddis retirement 1946.jpg|thumb|Andrew Geddis at his retirement ceremony at the [[Royal Willingdon Sports Club|Willingdon Club]] in 1946|alt=|300x300px]]He left [[Bruntsfield|Bruntsfield Place]] in [[Edinburgh]] for Bombay in 1907 to work for James Finlay & Co. Ltd. and went on to become extensively involved in the [[Ahmedabad textile industry]] becoming a Director of the Ahmedabad Jubilee Spinning & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and the Ahmedabad Manufacturing & Calico Printing Co. Ltd., as well as Director of the India Cotton Association and the Chairman of Mill Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd from its inception. | He was Chairman of the [[Royal Western India Turf Club]] (1931–1939) and instigated Mumbai Races's A.Geddis Plate. His extensive business interests included a directorship of the [[Bank of India]] Ltd and co-founding Geoffrey Manners & Co. Ltd., which became a leading distributor and manufacturer of Consumer Healthcare products and Pharmaceuticals across India until its amalgamation in April 2003 with the [[Wyeth]] Corporation, formerly known as American Home Products (AHP),one of the largest [[pharmaceutical company|pharmaceutical companies]] in the world.[[File:Andrew geddis retirement 1946.jpg|thumb|Andrew Geddis at his retirement ceremony at the [[Royal Willingdon Sports Club|Willingdon Club]] in 1946|alt=|300x300px]]He left [[Bruntsfield|Bruntsfield Place]] in [[Edinburgh]] for Bombay in 1907 to work for James Finlay & Co. Ltd. and went on to become extensively involved in the [[Ahmedabad textile industry]] becoming a Director of the Ahmedabad Jubilee Spinning & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and the Ahmedabad Manufacturing & Calico Printing Co. Ltd., as well as Director of the India Cotton Association and the Chairman of Mill Owners' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd from its inception. | ||
His wider interests included, as well as co-founding Geoffrey Manners & Co. Ltd., directorships of the Tata Hydroelectric Power Supply Co., Ltd., the Indian Radio & Cable Communications Co.and the Bank of India Ltd. He was a member of the G. 1. P. Railway Advisory committee for 13 years and was appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Bombay Port Trust in 1920.. | His wider interests included, as well as co-founding Geoffrey Manners & Co. Ltd., directorships of the Tata Hydroelectric Power Supply Co., Ltd., the Indian Radio & Cable Communications Co.and the Bank of India Ltd. He was a member of the G. 1. P. Railway Advisory committee for 13 years and was appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Bombay Port Trust in 1920.. | ||
A keen horse racing enthusiast, as well as his chairmanship of the Western India Turf Club was also Chairman of the Turf Club House, Poona. Other interests included being Chairman of the Bombay Scottish Orphanage Society and Chairman of the Caledonia Society of Bombay. | A keen horse racing enthusiast, as well as his chairmanship of the Western India Turf Club was also Chairman of the Turf Club House, Poona. Other interests included being Chairman of the Bombay Scottish Orphanage Society and Chairman of the Caledonia Society of Bombay. On his arrival in India he stayed in the [[Pali Hill]] ''Chummery''. After his marriage to Jean Gunn, daughter of Dr [[Alexander Gunn (doctor)|Alexander Gunn]] of Edinburgh in 1915, he moved to Dharbanga Masions on [[Cumballa Hill]] before finally moving to the fourth floor apartment on the left below the penthouse in the iconic art deco Kamal Mahal building,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/High-life-Flat-on-Carmichael-Rd-fetches-Rs-33-cr-/articleshow/5875055.cms|title=High life: Flat on Carmichael Rd fetches Rs 33 cr" : Times of India, Apr 30, 2010 | work=The Times Of India | date=30 April 2010}}</ref> originally called Sethna House, on [[Carmichael Road]] in South Mumbai, which together with the adjacent [[Altamont Road]] was rated the tenth dearest address in the world in a in 2009 survey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wealth-bulletin.com/home/content/2451423982 |title=Wealth Holding Page |publisher=Wealth-bulletin.com |accessdate=2009-09-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420053915/http://www.wealth-bulletin.com/home/content/2451423982 |archivedate=2010-04-20 }}</ref> He also had a beach house at [[Juhu]]. | ||
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