David Thomas Nish (born 5 May 1960) is a Scottish businessman. He is the former chief executive (CEO) of

Standard Life Standard Life is a life assurance, pensions and long-terms savings company in the UK which is owned by Phoenix Group. History 1825–2010 The Standard Life Assurance Company was established in 1825 and was reincorporated as a mutual assurance ...

, a British long term savings and investment company.

Early life

He was born and brought up in

Barrhead Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when ...

, 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 Paisley Grammar School is a secondary school in Paisley, the largest town in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school was founded in 1576 by royal charter of King James VI and is situated on Glasgow Road. The school is recognised as one of Scotland ...

and the

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, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in accountancy.

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

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and finance director of ScottishPower.

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.

References

1960 births Living people British accountants British chief executives British corporate directors Alumni of the University of Glasgow People educated at Paisley Grammar School People from Barrhead {{UK-business-bio-1960s-stub