Michael Hodgkinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 7, 1944 |
| Education | University of Nottingham |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Former chief executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings from 1999 to 2003 |
| Spouse | Elspeth Holman (m. 1988) |
| Children | 3 |
Sir Michael Stewart Hodgkinson (born 7 April 1944) is a British business executive who was best known for being Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings from 1999 to 2003. He has held a number of senior positions in the travel industry.
The son of Stewart Gordon Hodgkinson and his wife Ruth Phyllis Pentelow, Hodgkinson was born in 1944, [1] while his father was serving as a junior officer in the Royal Artillery. [2] A few months later, his father transferred as a Lieutenant to the Essex Regiment. [3]
He was educated at Hornchurch Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, graduating BA in Industrial Economics in 1965. He went on to qualify as an accountant in 1969. [1] [4]
Hodgkinson's first significant role was as managing director of Land Rover-Range Rover from 1978 to 1983. In 1986, he was appointed as Chief Executive of Grand Metropolitan’s European Food Division and in 1992 as Group Airports Director at BAA plc. [4] He was chief executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings from 1999 to 2003, in which year he was knighted. [5] [1] He was next Non-Executive Chairman of Post Office Limited. [6]
In 2007, as chairman of First Choice, Hodgkinson took it into a merger with the German company TUI, which controlled Thomson Holidays. [7] He was elected to the supervisory board of TUI Group and became its vice-chairman, and was still serving in that position in 2016. [8]
Hodgkinson went on to serve as Chairman of Keolis UK Ltd from December 2011 to 2019. [1] [9] In May 2018, the Wales & Borders franchise was awarded to KeolisAmey Wales, which received a contract valued at £5 billion covering a 15-year period starting on 14 October 2018. [10]
Until 2013, when he was replaced by Daniel Moylan, Hodgkinson was the Transport for London nominee as a non-executive director of Crossrail. [11]
In 1988, Hodgkinson married Elspeth Holman, the daughter of Michael Holman and Dorothy Napier, and they have a son and two daughters. [1] They live in the St Katharine Docks area of the East End of London.