[2] Wilson was the Financial Controller (a senior accounting position) of British Oxygen Company until his retirement on 2 May 1987.
His articles on corporate planning, drawn from an unpublished book, often featured in business journals such as Management Decision and Accountancy Age.
[8] Wilson's vandalism of the Bowl of Light made national headlines, and his preferential treatment as a gentleman of the Anglo-Irish class was questioned by some.
The politician Colm Gallagher remarked, on the Bowl of Light, in 1953 that, 'O’Connell Bridge has been spoiled by the ‘slab of concrete’ and it was a disgrace to the city to see workmen using shovels during recent weeks to remove the water from the various openings.'.
[citation needed] Under the name Tony Wilson, he authored the Universe on a Bicycle in 2007, an account of human behaviour in relation to dual nature theory and Darwinism.