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Sir Nigel Rudd
Sir Nigel Rudd was appointed a non-executive director of BAE Systems in September 2006.
He is chairman of Boots Group PLC and Pendragon plc and deputy chairman of Barclays PLC. Until recently he was also chairman of Pilkington plc. He holds a number of other public appointments including chairman of the CBI’s Boardroom Issues Group.
Sir Nigel founded Williams PLC in 1982, a company that 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.
Sir Nigel Rudd was knighted by HM The Queen for services to the manufacturing industry in 1996.
