David Nish (businessman)

David Nish
Born	(1960-05-05) 5 May 1960 (age 65) Barrhead, Glasgow, Scotland
Education	Paisley Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Occupation	Businessman
Years active	1981–present
Title	former CEO, Standard Life
Term	2009–2015
Predecessor	Sir Sandy Crombie [1]
Successor	Keith Skeoch [2]
Spouse	Caroline Nish
Children	2

David Thomas Nish (born 5 May 1960) is a Scottish businessman. He is the former chief executive (CEO) of Standard Life, a British long term savings and investment company.

Early life

He was born and brought up in Barrhead, the son of a Royal Mail sorting office manager father (who died from a cerebral haemorrhage when Nish was just 17) and nurse mother. He was educated at Paisley Grammar School and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in accountancy. ^[3]

Career

He was CEO of Standard Life from November 2009 until August 2015, having joined on 1 November 2006 as group finance director. He was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and finance director of ScottishPower. ^[4]

Personal life

Nish comes from Glasgow, and still lives there. He and his wife Caroline have been married since 1983 and have two adult children. ^[5]

References

1. Wearden, Graeme (22 May 2009). "Sir Sandy Crombie becomes shareholders' voice at RBS". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
2. "Standard Life's Keith Skeoch to replace David Nish as chief executive". The Guardian. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
3. "THE BIG PROFILE: David Nish, Standard Life". Business Insider. 19 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
4. "David Thomas Nish: Executive Profile". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
5. student (19 January 2018). "Top 25 FTSE Director Profiles". Leeds Now. Retrieved 11 June 2020.