Robert Bernard Waley-Cohen DL (born 10 November 1948 in

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, London) is an English entrepreneur.

Biography

He is the son of

Bernard Waley-Cohen Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen, 1st Baronet (29 May 1914 – 3 July 1991) was a British businessman. He was the 633rd Lord Mayor of London, elected in 1960. Biography The son of Sir Robert Waley Cohen and Alice (''née'' Beddington), Waley-C ...

and Joyce Waley-Cohen, and grandson of Sir Robert Waley Cohen and

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. He was educated at

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. He is the founder of

Alliance Medical Alliance Medical is a radiology services company founded in 1989 by Robert Waley-Cohen operating across Europe. In 2010 Lloyds Bank, Commerzbank and M&G Investments acquired 85% of the company in a debt-for-equity swap. A consortium, called t ...

and was chairman of Cheltenham racecourse until 3 May 2019. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the

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on 16 August 2016. His horse, Noble Yeats, won the

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, ridden by his son Sam Waley-Cohen, an amateur hunt jockey riding in his last race. His youngest son, Thomas, died of cancer in 2004.

References

1948 births Living people English Jews Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire English company founders People educated at Eton College Businesspeople in the health care industry British racehorse owners and breeders Younger sons of baronets Cohen family {{UK-business-bio-stub