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David Nish (businessman)

David Nish (businessman)

Scottish businessman (born 1960)

David Thomas Nish (born 5 May 1960) is a Scottish businessman. He is the former chief executive (CEO) of Standard Life, a British long term savings and investment company.

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Early life

He was born and brought up in Barrhead, the son of a Royal Mail sorting office manager father (who died from a cerebral haemorrhage when Nish was just 17) and nurse mother. He was educated at Paisley Grammar School and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in accountancy.[3]

Career

He was CEO of Standard Life from November 2009 until August 2015, having joined on 1 November 2006 as group finance director. He was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and finance director of ScottishPower.[4]

Personal life

Nish comes from Glasgow, and still lives there. He and his wife Caroline have been married since 1983 and have two adult children.[5]

References

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    "Sir Sandy Crombie becomes shareholders' voice at RBS". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
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    "Standard Life's Keith Skeoch to replace David Nish as chief executive". The Guardian. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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    "THE BIG PROFILE: David Nish, Standard Life". Business Insider. 19 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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    "David Thomas Nish: Executive Profile". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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    student (19 January 2018). "Top 25 FTSE Director Profiles". Leeds Now. Retrieved 11 June 2020.


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