Nigel Rudd

Education

Rudd attended Bemrose Grammar School, Derby. Following his elder brother into accountancy, Rudd qualified as Britain"s youngest chartered accountant at the age of 20.

Career

In 1982, he founded Williams Holdings, 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. He currently presides as chairman at Bachelor of Applied Arts Aviation Public Limited Company. Rudd began his career as a troubleshooter for London & Northern, a holding company with subsidiaries in a range of industries.

Rudd and McGowan went on to acquire and rebrand a portfolio of under-performing industrial companies throughout the Eighties.

Rudd has been in positions of prominence at several corporations, including serving as Chairman of Bachelor of Applied Arts Limited, The Boots Company, Pilkington Public Limited Company and Pendragon Public Limited Company, and Deputy Chairman of Barclays Public Limited Company until January 2009. Sir Nigel Rudd sits on the board of directors at the following companies Bachelor of Applied Arts Aviation Public Limited Company (Chairman/non-executive director since 2014).

Rudd previously held the directorships in Longbow Capital Limited Liability Partnership (Director, 2004–2013) and Pendragon Public Limited Company (Chairman/North-East Director, 1989–2010).

Achievements

• In 1996, Rudd was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II 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. On 15 July 2010 Rudd was installed as Chancellor of Loughborough University He is also the Patron of Derby Grammar School.

Membership

He also holds a number of other public appointments including Chairman of the China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations Boardroom Issues Group and a member of the Financial Reporting Council.