John Cridland

John Cridland, CBE (born 3 February 1961) is a British business executive.

Cridland was educated at Boston Grammar School and studied Indian and African history at Christ's College, Cambridge.

He moved on to human resources policy in 1995, where he helped negotiate the UK's first national minimum wage and entry into the European Union's "social chapter" on employment conditions.

He announced his decision to step down as director-general in March 2015, saying "I'm a big Star Trek fan and just like James Kirk I have always told colleagues at internal meetings that I saw this as part of a five-year journey."

Unlike his five predecessors, he was not awarded a knighthood, at the end of his term as director general at CBI.