Stewart Wingate is the chief executive of

Gatwick Airport Gatwick Airport (), also known as London Gatwick , is a major international airport near Crawley, West Sussex, England, south of Central London. In 2021, Gatwick was the third-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK, after ...

. He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, where he left school at 16 to pursue a career in industry at

Black+Decker Black+Decker Inc. is an American manufacturer of power tools, accessories, hardware, home improvement products, home appliances and fastening systems headquartered in Towson, Maryland, north of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, where the company was o ...

. During his time at Black+Decker he attended university, graduating from

Northumbria University , mottoeng = A lifetime of learning , established = 1877 - Rutherford College of Technology1969 - Newcastle Polytechnic1992 - gained university status , type = Public , budget = ...

with a degree in electrical and electronic engineering, and then from

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a UK public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick unive ...

with an

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. After periods in Germany and the Czech Republic he left Black+Decker and joined

Glasgow Airport Glasgow Airport, also known as Glasgow International Airport (), formerly ''Abbotsinch Airport'', is an international airport in Scotland. It is located in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Renfrewshire, west of Glasgow city centre. In 2019, the ai ...

as operations director followed by stints as chief executive of

Budapest Airport Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport ( hu, Budapest Liszt Ferenc Nemzetközi Repülőtér) , formerly known as ''Budapest Ferihegy International Airport'' and still commonly called just ''Ferihegy'', is the international airport serving t ...

and in 2007, managing director of

Stansted Airport London Stansted Airport is a tertiary international airport serving London, England, United Kingdom. It is located near Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England, northeast of Central London. London Stansted serves over 160 destinations acr ...

, before taking over at Gatwick in 2009.

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