Nigel Grant Douglas (born September 1970) is a

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and the founder and former CEO of Global Surface Intelligence Ltd Before going into business Nigel played sport at a high level. He is a

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and played rugby union for Scottish Schools, premier division rugby for Dundee HSRFP and district rugby for

North and Midlands North and Midlands - and now known as Caledonia - is a select provincial amateur rugby union team that draws its players mainly from north of Scotland, roughly corresponding from around Stirling northwards. Historically the North and Midlands te ...

. Nigel's father John Douglas was a

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international and a British Lion No 8. His grandfather was Alexander H Brown who played stand-off for Scotland and his brother, Struan, played

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for Scotland. Nigel's mother founded the Patricia Brown who founded Patricia Brown School of Dancing. In 2010 she received an

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for her services to dance.

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