Sir Ian Gibson is the Chairman of Wm Morrison Supermarkets, the UK?s fourth largest supermarket group; previous chairmanships include British Plaster Board, Trinity Mirror, the owner of the Daily Mirror and other regional publications, and Deputy Chairman of ASDA plc. Gibson has also held Non-Executive Directorships at Greggs plc., GKN plc., ASDA plc. and Northern Rock plc. Gibson built his career as an industrialist having spent 18 years with Nissan Motor Company Ltd where he was Chief Executive in the UK and Europe and was on the Japanese Main Board. Prior to this, he spent 15 years at Ford Motor Company working in industrial relations and manufacturing management as General Operations Manager and in the UK, Germany and Spain. He is also a Member of Court at the Bank of England. Gibson was a made a CBE in 1990, knighted in 1999. and currently lives in York with his wife Jane and has three children from his former marriages. 

February 1st, 1947 in (Age 77)