David Nish | |
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Born |
David Thomas Nish 5 May 1960 Barrhead, Glasgow, Scotland |
Residence | Glasgow |
Education | Paisley Grammar School |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Occupation | Businessman |
Years active | 1981–present |
Salary | £2,042,000 |
Title | former CEO, Standard Life |
Term | 2009–2015 |
Predecessor | Sir Sandy Crombie |
Successor | Keith Skeoch |
Spouse(s) | Caroline Nish |
Children | 2 |
David Thomas Nish (born 5 May 1960) is a British businessman. He is the former chief executive (CEO) of Standard Life, a British long term savings and investment company.
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.
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.
Nish comes from Glasgow, and still lives there. He and his wife Caroline have been married 27 years and have two children.