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*Deputy chair of [[Barclays]].
 
*Deputy chair of [[Barclays]].
 
*Non-executive director of [[BAE]].<ref>[http://www.baa.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=d2bd54052abe4110VgnVCM20000039821c0a____&CtID=a22889d8759a0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&Ct=B2C_CT_PRESS_RELEASE&ChPath=Corporate^Media%20Centre^News%20Releases^Results BAA announces board appointments]", BAA press release, 31 August 2007, accessed February 2009.</ref>
 
*Non-executive director of [[BAE]].<ref>[http://www.baa.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=d2bd54052abe4110VgnVCM20000039821c0a____&CtID=a22889d8759a0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&Ct=B2C_CT_PRESS_RELEASE&ChPath=Corporate^Media%20Centre^News%20Releases^Results BAA announces board appointments]", BAA press release, 31 August 2007, accessed February 2009.</ref>
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==Support for the Conservatives==
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On the 1 April 2015 Rudd was one of the [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the telegraph]] praising the [[Conservative]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 09:39, 7 April 2015

Nigel Rudd is the non-executive chairman and the head of the defence and aerospace engineer's board at Meggitt.[1]

Rudd is one of the UK's best known businessmen, and has been described as a "bulldog of the corporate world".[2]

Career

On top of his role with Meggitt he is currently Chair of airport operator BAA, and non-executive chairman of Heathrow Airport Holdings.[1]

He was "parachuted in as chairman of BAA amid growing criticism from politicians, airline customers and the media, while the Competition Commission is examining breaking up the group."[3]

He is on the advisory board of Business for New Europe, an initiative set up by Roland Rudd, head of city PR company, Finsbury.

Previous roles

Support for the Conservatives

On the 1 April 2015 Rudd was one of the 103 business leaders who wrote to the telegraph praising the Conservative's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[5]

Political connections

Rudd was one of a few 'senior financial sector representatives' invited to attend a meeting in November 2007 of the Government's High Level Group on City Competitiveness, hosted by Chancellor Alistair Darling.[6]

Affiliations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Alan Tovey Sir Nigel Rudd to returns to the blue-chips with chairman role at Meggitt Telegraph, 18 December 2014, accessed 1 April 2015
  2. Alistair Osbourne, "Troubled BAA brings in tough man Rudd", The Telegraph, 2 September 2007, accessed February 2009.
  3. Alistair Osbourne, "Troubled BAA brings in tough man Rudd", The Telegraph, 2 September 2007, accessed February 2009.
  4. BAA announces board appointments", BAA press release, 31 August 2007, accessed February 2009.
  5. Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 7 April 2015.
  6. Treasury press release, 14 Nov 2007