Nigel Northridge | |
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Born | Nigel Hargreaves Northridge January 1956 (age 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]
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]
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]