Sir Nigel Rudd, FCA, DL (born 31 December 1946 in Derby, England)[1] is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
[2] 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 1980s.
[11] 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.