Michael Hodgkinson

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Sir
Michael Hodgkinson
CBE
Born (1944-04-07) April 7, 1944 (age 81)
London, United Kingdom
EducationUniversity of Nottingham
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFormer chief executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings from 1999 to 2003
Spouse
Elspeth Holman
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(m. 1988)​
Children3

Sir Michael Stewart Hodgkinson (born 7 April 1944) is a British business executive who was best know for being Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings from 1999 to 2003. He has held a number of senior positions in the travel industry.

Early life

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The son of Stewart Gordon Hodgkinson and his wife Ruth Phyllis Pentelow, Hodgkinson was born in 1944,[1] while his father was serving as a junior officer in the Royal Artillery.[2] A few months later, his father transferred as a Lieutenant to the Essex Regiment.[3]

He was educated at Hornchurch Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, graduating BA in Industrial Economics in 1965. He went on to qualify as an accountant in 1969.[1][4]

Career

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Hodgkinson's first significant role was as managing director of Land Rover-Range Rover from 1978 to 1983. In 1986, he was appointed as Chief Executive of Grand Metropolitan’s European Food Division and in 1992 as Group Airports Director at BAA plc.[4] He was chief executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings from 1999 to 2003, in which year he was knighted.[5][1] He was next Non-Executive Chairman of Post Office Limited.[6]

In 2007, as chairman of First Choice, Hodgkinson took it into a merger with the German company TUI, which controlled Thomson Holidays.[7] He was elected to the supervisory board of TUI Group and became its vice-chairman, and was still serving in that position in 2016.[8]

Hodgkinson went on to serve as Chairman of Keolis UK Ltd from December 2011 to 2019.[1][9] In May 2018, the Wales & Borders franchise was awarded to KeolisAmey Wales, which received a contract valued at £5 billion covering a 15-year period starting on 14 October 2018.[10]

Until 2013, when he was replaced by Daniel Moylan, Hodgkinson was the Transport for London nominee as a non-executive director of Crossrail.[11]

Personal life

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In 1988, Hodgkinson married Elspeth Holman, the daughter of Michael Holman and Dorothy Napier, and they have a son and two daughters.[1] They live in the St Katharine Docks area of the East End of London.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Hodgkinson, Sir Michael Stewart Kt 2003 Born 7 April 1944" in Who's Who online edition, accessed 26 February 2025
  2. ^ The London Gazette, Supplement, 8 July 1941, p. 3909
  3. ^ The London Gazette, Supplement 37010, 30 March 1945, p. 1770
  4. ^ a b "Supervisory Board (Deputy Chairman)", tuigroup.com, accessed 25 February 2025
  5. ^ Hodgkinson knighted", moodiedavittreport.com, 16 June 2003
  6. ^ "Select Committee on Treasury Minutes of Evidence: SIR MIKE HODGKINSON, MR DAVE MILLER AND MR GRAHAM HALLIDAY CBE", parliament.uk, 10 February 2005, accessed 25 February 2025
  7. ^ "Two travel firms to merge into giant tour company", Coventry Live, 20 March 2007, accessed 25 February 2025
  8. ^ "Constituent meeting of TUI AG Supervisory Board re-elects Prof. Dr Klaus Mangold as Chairman SIR MICHAEL HODGKINSON RE-ELECTED AND REMAINS VICE-CHAIRMAN", tuigroup.com, 2016, accessed 25 February 2025
  9. ^ "Hodgkinson is new chairman at Keolis UK", TransportXtra, 19 December 2011
  10. ^ "Wales' rail and metro franchise to be run by KeolisAmey", BBC News, 23 May 2018, archived 18 May 2019
  11. ^ New Crossrail Board appointment, crossrail.co.uk, 8 August 2013, accessed 8 November 2015
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