Nigel Northridge

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Nigel Northridge
Born
Nigel Hargreaves Northridge

January 1956 (age 69)
Education Sullivan Upper School, Belfast
Alma mater Northern Ireland Polytechnic
OccupationBusinessman
TitleChairman, Hogg Robinson Group
Board member ofHogg 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]

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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. 1 2 "Nigel Hargreaves NORTHRIDGE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)" . Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hogg Robinson Group plc: CEO and Executives - Businessweek". Bloomberg News . 9 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Debenhams - Investor Relations - Corporate Governance".
  4. 1 2 A/S, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (27 March 2018). "Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Notice Convening the Annual General Meeting". globenewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Board of Directors – Hogg Robinson Group". www.hoggrobinson.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Debenhams hires Sir Ian Cheshire as its new chairman". 14 January 2016.


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