personality in the business. He was the chairman of both main companies where Harry was a partner. Elie Susman was not prepared to take a secondary role in his businesses until the mid-1950s when his own son David Susman began to take over. David Susman married Anne Laski, the niece of Lord Marks of Marks and Spencer. He eventually became a non-executive director of M&S, a position he held for nearly 30 years. References Rhodesian businesspeople Russian mining businesspeople History of Zambia 1901 in Africa Retail companies established in 1901 Prospectors Mining in Zambia 1901 establishments in North-Eastern Rhodesia