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Revision as of 14:01, 21 February 2017
John Longworth is a British business consultant, and was the director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce from September 2011 until March 2016 . His roles normally specialize in politics, law and marketing PR
His Linked in profile states an Honorary PhD from WPP University, formerly the WPP Accounting College, as his 'education'.
John Longworth was educated at Smithills Moor Grammar School, Bolton, followed by bachelor's and master's degrees in science from Salford University.[1][2]
He has been an executive non-board director at Asda, Tesco and CWS.[2]
He was a cost saving 'czar' for Barts NHS Trust in 2009. There is no report on the outcome of that work.
He once chaired a health and safety committee.
In March 2016, he became the first leader of a major business group, which has been unnamed, to back a Brexit.[3] Mr Longworth resigned from the BCC on 6 March 2016 after being suspended for breaching the BCC's policy of neutrality on Brexit, and other breaches of authority [4][5]
References
- ^ Armitstead, Louise. "New BCC boss John Longworth has been 'preparing for this role for 30 years'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ a b "British Chambers of Commerce - John Longworth". Britishchambers.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ "EU referendum: British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) boss John Longworth says Brexit would make Britain better off, but had no explanation how | City A.M". City A.M. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ Ross, Tim (2000-08-23). "Exclusive: BCC head John Longworth accuses David Cameron of peddling scare stories as he quits in Brexit row, preferring to suggest that leaving the EU would actually result in £350m returning to the NHS each year, which was not true". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
- ^ Rebecca Ratcliffe; Rajeev Syal (1970-01-01). "EU referendum: John Longworth resigns as commerce boss over Brexit debate | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-08.