Sir Duncan Kirkbride Nichol CBE (born 30 May 1941) is a British hospital administrator who was the third Chief Executive of the National Health Service Management Executive from 1989 to 1994.
[1] He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, to James Nichol and Mabel Kirkbride.
[2] He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.
[1] He joined the NHS in 1963 as a graduate trainee, and worked his way up in St Thomas's Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary, from senior administrative assistant to regional general manager of the Mersey Regional Health Authority.
[3] He has been Chairman of the Academy for Healthcare Science, Her Majesty’s Courts Service, Skills for Justice, the Parole Board for England and Wales and Synergy Healthcare.