Sir Ian Gibson

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born 1 February 1947) is a businessman who has chaired or been on the board of a number of Britain's largest companies. His previous chairmanships include

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, Wm Morrison Supermarkets, Trinity Mirror, the owner of the ''

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'' and other regional publications, and Deputy Chairman of ASDA plc. Gibson has also held Non-Executive Directorships at Greggs plc., GKN plc., ASDA plc. and Northern Rock plc. Gibson's initial career was in the car industry, spending 15 years at the

Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...

working in industrial relations and manufacturing management as General Operations Manager and in the UK, Germany and Spain. Then he spent 18 years with the

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Ltd where he was Chief Executive in the UK and Europe and was on the Japanese Main Board. He is also a Member of Court at the Bank of England. Gibson was made a CBE in 1990, and knighted in 1999. He currently (2014) lives in

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with his wife Jane and has three children from his former marriages, one of whom is

Janine Gibson Janine Victoria Gibson is a British journalist who has served as assistant editor of the ''Financial Times'' since May 2019. Before then, in the summer of 2014, she became deputy editor of Guardian News and Media and editor-in-chief of theguard ...

, the deputy editor of Guardian News and Media, part of the

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.Ravi Somaiy
"Guardian to Make Management Changes"
''New York Times'', 6 March 2014

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