Nigel Rudd
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Nigel Rudd (born 1946 in Derby, England) is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 1982, he founded Williams PLC, a company which went on to become one of the largest industrial holding companies in the United Kingdom until its demerger in November 2000, creating Chubb plc and Kidde plc. He became the non-executive Chairman of Kidde plc until December 2003.
Rudd has been in positions of prominence at several corporations, including serving as Chairman of Boots the Chemists, Pilkington PLC and Pendragon PLC. Other duties include being Deputy Chairman of Barclays PLC and Chairman of their Remuneration Committee. He also holds a number of other public appointments including Chairman of the CBI Boardroom Issues Group and a member of the Financial Reporting Council.
In 1996, Rudd was knighted by the Queen for services to the manufacturing industry. He holds honorary degrees at multiple tertiary institutions, namely Loughborough and Derby Universities. In 1995, he was awarded the Founding Societies Centenary Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire and a Freeman of the City of London.
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- LU Profile Loughborough University profile on Sir Nigel Rudd
- Telegraph article
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