Nigel Northridge | |
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Born | Nigel Hargreaves Northridge January 1956 (age 67–68) |
Nationality | British |
Education | Sullivan Upper School, Belfast |
Alma mater | Northern Ireland Polytechnic |
Occupation | Businessman |
Title | Chairman, Hogg Robinson Group |
Board member of | Hogg Robinson Group Inchcape Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
Nigel Hargreaves Northridge (born January 1956)[1] is a British businessman, the chairman of Hogg Robinson Group since April 2016, and was the chairman of the British multinational department store chain, Debenhams from April 2010 to April 2016.[2][3]
Early life
Nigel Hargreaves Northridge was born in January 1956.[4][1] He was educated at Sullivan Upper School, Belfast, followed by an HND in business studies from Northern Ireland Polytechnic.[4]
Career
Northridge worked for Gallaher Group for 32 years, rising to chief executive, from 2000 to 2007.[5]
Northridge was the chairman of the British multinational department store chain, Debenhams from April 2010 to April 2016, when he was succeeded by Sir Ian Cheshire.[6]
Northridge has been the chairman of Hogg Robinson Group since April 2016, following John Coombe's retirement.[5]
He is a non-executive director at Inchcape and is a non-executive director, and the vice chairman of Scandinavian Tobacco Group.[5] He has been a non-executive director of Aggreko, Thomas Cook Group, and Aer Lingus.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Nigel Hargreaves NORTHRIDGE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Hogg Robinson Group plc: CEO and Executives - Businessweek". Bloomberg News.
- ↑ "Debenhams - Investor Relations - Corporate Governance".
- 1 2 A/S, Scandinavian Tobacco Group. "Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Notice Convening the Annual General Meeting". globenewswire.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "Board of Directors – Hogg Robinson Group". www.hoggrobinson.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ "Debenhams hires Sir Ian Cheshire as its new chairman".