Nigel Clifford

Nigel Clifford is the CEO of Ordnance Survey, a British government-owned mapping business, since 6 March 2015.[1]

Before this he was CEO of Procserve – the cloud based e-commerce network from February 2012[2] to March 2015 and previously led Micro Focus International, a FTSE 250 provider of software development and testing tools. From 2005, he led Symbian,[3] (a joint venture of handset vendors) to become the world's leading smartphone operating system, eventually selling and integrating the company into Nokia in 2008.[4] This was before smartphones had expanded into wider deployment and use, and Nokia was overtaken by Apple and Google Android. Before Symbian he grew and then sold Tertio Telecoms Ltd, a privately owned global telecoms software company, to Evolving Systems in 2004.[5]

He was Chief Executive of an NHS teaching hospital group - Glasgow Royal Infirmary (1992-8).[6]

He has also worked for British Telecom (1981–92) and Cable & Wireless (1998-2000), in procurement, product management, strategy and large scale operational roles.

From 2009 he was a non-executive director of Anite,[7] until it was acquired and in January 2015 he became a non-executive director of Alliance Pharma.[8]

He has a degree from Cambridge University and MBA from Strathclyde University.[9]

He has three children, and his personal interests include fell-walking, running and kayaking.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "BUSINESS MINISTER MATTHEW HANCOCK ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF NIGEL CLIFFORD AS THE NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF ORDNANCE SURVEY". Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.procserve.com/press-releases/procserve-appoints-nigel-clifford-as-new-ceo/
  3. ↑ http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/Nigel_Clifford_Appointed_as_Chief_Executive_of_Symbian.php
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7470772.stm
  5. ↑ http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/evolving-systems-acquires-uk-based-tertio-telecoms-ltd-153837055.html
  6. ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/a-remote-meeting-of-minds-1.423773
  7. ↑ http://www.anite.com/about-us/board-directors-0
  8. ↑ http://www.alliancepharma.co.uk/alliance/en/investors/financialnews?id=69
  9. ↑ http://www.procserve.com/about/leadership/#ps-leader-item-1
  10. ↑ "Why apps won't be ousting maps any time soon as Ordnance Survey chief charts a digital future". Telegraph. Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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