David Nish (businessman)

David Nish
Born (1960-05-05) 5 May 1960
Barrhead, Glasgow, Scotland
EducationPaisley Grammar School
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1981–present
Titleformer CEO, Standard Life
Term2009–2015
PredecessorSir Sandy Crombie[1]
SuccessorKeith Skeoch[2]
SpouseCaroline Nish
Children2

David Thomas Nish (born 5 May 1960) is a Scottish businessman. He is the former chief executive (CEO) of Standard Life, a British long term savings and investment company.

Early life

He was born and brought up in Barrhead, the son of a Royal Mail sorting office manager father (who died from a cerebral haemorrhage when Nish was just 17) and nurse mother. He was educated at Paisley Grammar School and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in accountancy.[3]

Career

He was CEO of Standard Life from November 2009 until August 2015, having joined on 1 November 2006 as group finance director. He was previously a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and finance director of ScottishPower.[4]

Personal life

Nish comes from Glasgow, and still lives there. He and his wife Caroline have been married since 1983 and have two adult children.[5]

References

  1. ^ Wearden, Graeme (22 May 2009). "Sir Sandy Crombie becomes shareholders' voice at RBS". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Standard Life's Keith Skeoch to replace David Nish as chief executive". The Guardian. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. ^ "THE BIG PROFILE: David Nish, Standard Life". Business Insider. 19 January 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  4. ^ "David Thomas Nish: Executive Profile". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  5. ^ student (19 January 2018). "Top 25 FTSE Director Profiles". Leeds Now. Retrieved 11 June 2020.


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