Early life
Nigel Hargreaves Northridge was born in January 1956. He was educated at Sullivan Upper School, Belfast, followed by an HND in business studies from Ulster University, Northern Ireland Polytechnic.Career
Northridge worked for Gallaher Group for 32 years, rising to chief executive, from 2000 to 2007. Northridge was the chairman of the British multinational department store chain, Debenhams from April 2010 to April 2016, when he was succeeded by Ian Cheshire (businessman), Sir Ian Cheshire. Northridge has been the chairman of Hogg Robinson Group since April 2016, following John Coombe's retirement. He is a non-executive director at Inchcape and is a non-executive director, and the vice chairman of Scandinavian Tobacco Group. He has been a non-executive director of Aggreko, Thomas Cook Group, and Aer Lingus.References
1956 births British businesspeople Living people Alumni of Ulster University People educated at Sullivan Upper School {{UK-business-bio-stub