Andrew Thomas Higginson (born 10 July 1957[1]) is a British business executive. As of 2017, he was the Chairman of Morrisons,[2] Non-Executive Director of Woolworths in South Africa,[3] Chairman of N Brown Group[4] and Chairman of ITC Luxury Travel Group, and Chairman of corporate finance firm Clearwater International.[5]
Early life
editHigginson was educated at Bury Grammar School. He studied town planning at Birmingham Polytechnic.[6]
Career
editHigginson started his career at Unilever and Guinness Brewing[7] before moving into retail in 1990. He was Group Finance Director of Laura Ashley Holdings[7] and The Burton Group[7] before joining Tesco in 1997. At Tesco he was an executive director for 15 years, including finance and strategy director and Chief Executive of retailing services.[7]
In 2012 he was appointed Non-Executive Chairman at Poundland[4] and in the same year became Non-Executive Chairman at McCurrach.[2] He was SID at BskyB until 2014.[2] Higginson is currently Non-Executive Chairman at N Brown[4] and was appointed Chairman of Wm Morrison in 2015, replacing Sir Ian Gibson.[4][7]
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus[8] appointed Higginson as a senior advisor to the firm in 2015. In 2016 Higginson was appointed as a senior advisor to Shore Capital Markets.[3]
He was an Independent Non-Executive director of the Rugby Football Union from 2011 to 2016.[9]
In September 2018, Higginson was appointed president of IGD.[10] In October, Higginson was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of online parking portal YourParkingSpace.[11]
In July 2022, Higginson was appointed as the new chairman of JD Sports.[12]
Personal life
editHis wife June (from whom he is separated) is an age-group national triathlete.[13] Together they have three children.[14] He lives in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, with his second wife and two stepsons.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Armitage, Jim (10 October 2021). "Morrisons chair Andy Higginson: I got the right price for shareholders". The Sunday Times.
- ^ a b c "Andrew Higginson swaps Poundland for Wm Morrison". www.ft.com.
- ^ a b "Andrew Higginson joins Shore Capital Markets as adviser".
- ^ a b c d Neville, Simon (11 July 2012). "Poundland appoints former Tesco boss as chairman" – via The Guardian.
- ^ Begum, Shelina (31 August 2016). "NorthEdge Capital backs luxury travel firm MBO". Manchester Evening News.
- ^ Fletcher, Richard (19 January 2024). "'There is a sort of masochistic thing about being in business. I'm loving it'" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Morrison's boss to give talk at event".
- ^ KCS, Express (22 February 2015). "Morrisons chairman Andrew Higginson adds Warburg Pincus to CV". CityAM.
- ^ "It will take me five years to put Morrisons back to rights". Archived from the original on 30 January 2015.
- ^ Quinn2018-09-26T15:24:00+01:00, Ian. "Morrisons chairman Andrew Higginson appointed IGD president". The Grocer. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Morrisons Chairman joins yourparkingspace.co.uk board | Business Leader News". Business Leader. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Nazir, Sahar (8 July 2022). "JD Sports hires ex-Morrisons chair Andy Higginson". Retail Gazette. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "Higginson aims to lead Poundland growth". www.ft.com.
- ^ "Springsteen fan Andy Higginson born to run a bit of Tesco". The Telegraph. 28 March 2009.