Nigel Hargreaves Northridge (born January 1956) is a British businessman, the chairman of

Hogg Robinson Group Hogg Robinson Group was a corporate travel management company. It was acquired by American Express Global Business Travel in July 2018. History Hogg Robinson Group was established in 1845, by brothers in law Francis Hogg, a young wine merchant, ...

since April 2016, and was the chairman of the British multinational department store chain,

Debenhams Debenhams plc was a British department store chain operating in the United Kingdom, Denmark and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1778 as a single store in London and grew to 178 locations across those countries, also owning the Danish ...

from April 2010 to April 2016.

Early life

Nigel Hargreaves Northridge was born in January 1956. He was educated at

Sullivan Upper School Sullivan Upper School is a mixed non- denominational voluntary grammar school in Holywood, Northern Ireland, and has approximately 1,100 enrolled pupils. The school motto is ', Irish for "with the gentle hand foremost". History Sullivan Low ...

, Belfast, followed by an HND in business studies from Northern Ireland Polytechnic.

Career

Northridge worked for

Gallaher Group Gallaher Group was a United Kingdom-based multinational tobacco company which traded on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, prior to its acquisition by Japan Tobacco in April 2007. Japan Tobacco trades in ...

for 32 years, rising to chief executive, from 2000 to 2007. Northridge was the chairman of the British multinational department store chain,

from April 2010 to April 2016, when he was succeeded by Sir Ian Cheshire. Northridge has been the chairman of

since April 2016, following John Coombe's retirement. He is a non-executive director at

Inchcape Inchcape or the Bell Rock is a reef about off the east coast of Angus, Scotland, near Dundee and Fife, occupied by the Bell Rock Lighthouse. The name ''Inchcape'' comes from the Scottish Gaelic ''Innis Sgeap'', meaning "Beehive isle", proba ...

and is a non-executive director, and the vice chairman of

Scandinavian Tobacco Group Scandinavian Tobacco Group is a manufacturer of cigars and traditional pipe tobacco. The city company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is a publicly listed Company on NASDAQ Copenhagen. History The company can trace its origin back ...

. He has been a non-executive director of

Aggreko Aggreko is a global supplier of mobile and modular power, temperature control equipment and energy services, headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. The business was founded in 1962 and previously listed on the London Stock Exchange from 1997 to 20 ...

, Thomas Cook Group, and

Aer Lingus Aer Lingus ( ; an anglicisation of the Irish , meaning "air fleet" compare Welsh 'llynges awyr') is the flag carrier of Ireland. Founded by the Irish Government, it was privatised between 2006 and 2015 and it is now a wholly owned subsidiary ...

References

1956 births British businesspeople Living people Alumni of Ulster University People educated at Sullivan Upper School {{UK-business-bio-stub