Richard Gillingwater

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Richard Gillingwater
Born
Richard Dunnell Gillingwater

July 1956 (age 67)
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Oxford University
IMD Lausanne
Occupation(s)Chairman, SSE plc
Chairman, Janus Henderson Group plc
Pro-chancellor, Open University
Board member of SSE plc
Janus Henderson Group plc
Helical Bar

Richard Dunnell Gillingwater CBE (born July 1956) is a British businessman, chairman of Janus Henderson Group plc, former chairman of SSE plc, and the pro-chancellor of the Open University

Richard Dunnell Gillingwater was born in July 1956. [1]

Gillingwater has a law degree from Oxford University, and an MBA from IMD Lausanne. [2]

Gillingwater was the chairman of SSE plc from July 2015 to July 2020, and a non-executive director since May 2007. [3] He was the pro-chancellor of the Open University between 2015-2018. [4] He is the chairman of Janus Henderson Group plc, and a non-executive director of Helical Bar plc. [5]

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