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Ian Cheshire is a British businessman who has been the Group Chief Executive of Kingfisher plc since 2008. He was previously the Chief Executive of B&Q, the UK's largest home improvement retailer. He has also held senior positions at Asda, Safeway and Sainsbury's. Cheshire was born in Borneo in 1959 and educated at the University of Manchester, where he studied economics. He began his career in retail in 1982, joining Asda as a graduate trainee. He then moved to Safeway in 1989, where he held a number of senior positions, including Director of Marketing and Director of Strategy. In 1998, Cheshire joined Sainsbury's as Chief Executive of its convenience stores division. He then moved to B&Q in 2002, where he was appointed Chief Executive. In 2008, he was appointed Group Chief Executive of Kingfisher plc, the parent company of B&Q. Cheshire is a non-executive director of the Bank of England and a member of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group. He is also a trustee of the Prince's Trust and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Consumption. As of 2021, Ian Cheshire's net worth is estimated to be approximately $20 million.

Popular As Ian Michael Cheshire
Occupation Businessman
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 6 August, 1959
Birthday 6 August
Birthplace Miri, Malaysia
Nationality United Kingdom

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2016

In January 2016 he was nominated as chairman-elect of Debenhams, the international department store group. On 7 April 2016, he succeeded Nigel Northridge who had been chairman since April 2010. He was voted off the board on 10 January 2019.

2015

In January 2015 it was announced that he would succeed Lord Browne as lead non-executive director for the government. He was also the senior independent director of Whitbread plc until 2017 and the chair of the advisory board of the Cambridge institute of sustainability leadership until 2015

2014

He was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to business, sustainability, and the environment.

In September 2014, it was announced that Véronique Laury would replace Cheshire as CEO of Kingfisher from February 2015.

2012

In 2012, Cheshire won The Guardian Sustainable Business Leader of the Year award. His vision of B&Q "customers renting power drills as opposed to buying them" (drills are used for a mere six minutes a year on average) has captured imaginations, and is a widely used example of a mainstream business adopting a more collaborative approach to its products and services.

2008

In January 2008, Kingfisher appointed Cheshire as group chief executive.

1998

Cheshire's first job was with Boston Consulting Group, before working for Guinness, as Ernest Saunders' executive assistant, and Sears, before joining Kingfisher as strategy director in 1998. He subsequently ran E KIngfisher, the e-commerce division which acquired Screwfix. After that he was CEO international before becoming CEO of B&Q in 2005.

1980

Cheshire was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and graduated in economics and law from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1980.

1959

Sir Ian Michael Cheshire (born 6 August 1959) is a British businessman, and chairman of Barclays UK, the ring-fenced UK subsidiary of Barclays. He is lead non-executive director for the Cabinet Office board, campaign chairman of Heads Together, chair of the Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund, chair of the independent charity, the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, and a trustee of The Institute for Government. He was previously chief executive (CEO) of Kingfisher plc, a British multinational retailing company, and was chairman of the British department store chain Debenhams from 2016 to 2019

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