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'''John Cridland''', [[CBE]] (born 3 February 1961) is a British business executive. He was the tenth Director-General of the [[Confederation of British Industry]] (CBI) from January 2011 to November 2015.▼
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==Education==
▲'''John Cridland''', [[CBE]] (born 3 February 1961) was the tenth Director-General of the [[Confederation of British Industry]] (CBI) from January 2011 to November 2015.
==Career==
▲He was educated at [[Boston Grammar School]] and studied Indian and African history at [[Christ's College, Cambridge]].
He joined the CBI as a policy adviser in 1982 and became its youngest ever director in 1991, when he took over the environmental affairs brief. He moved on to human resources policy in 1995, where he helped negotiate the
Beyond his work with the CBI, Cridland served on the Low Pay Commission from its formation in 1997 until 2007. He was
▲He joined the CBI as a policy adviser in 1982 and became its youngest ever director in 1991, when he took over the environmental affairs brief. He moved on to human resources policy in 1995, where he helped negotiate the UK’s first national minimum wage and entry into the European Union’s “social chapter” on employment conditions. He was promoted to the post of Deputy Director-General in 2000.
He announced his decision to step down as director-general in March 2015, saying "I'm a big [[Star Trek]] fan and just like [[James T. Kirk|James Kirk]] I have always told colleagues at internal meetings that I saw this as part of a five-year journey." His resignation followed in November.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32116357 |title=John Cridland steps down as head of CBI |date=30 March 2015 |website=BBC News |publisher= |access-date=26 March 2016}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Carolyn Fairbairn]].
▲Beyond his work with the CBI, Cridland served on the Low Pay Commission from its formation in 1997 until 2007. He was Vice Chair of the National Learning and Skills Council between 2007 and 2010 and spent 10 years on the Low Pay Commission and the Council of the conciliation service, [[Acas|ACAS]]. He was also a member of the Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance and the Women and Work Commission; Vice-Chairman of the Learning and Skills Council; a Board member of Business in the Community; a UK Commissioner for Employment and Skills and a member of the Council of [[Cranfield University]].
In March 2016, the [[Department for Work and Pensions]] announced that Cridland would lead the UK's first State Pension age review.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/john-cridland-cbe-appointed-to-lead-the-uks-first-state-pension-age-review |title=John Cridland CBE appointed to lead the UK's first State Pension age review
▲John Cridland was awarded a CBE for services to business in 2006 and Honorary Doctorates from the [[University of Lincoln]] in 2011 and the [[University of Bedfordshire]] in 2013. Unlike his five predecessors John Cridland was not awarded a Knighthood, at the end of his term as Director General at CBI.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/columnists/citypeople/article4656284.ece |title=City People: the feuds, the faces and the farcical|last1=Walsh |first1=Dominic |last2= |first2= |date=January 2016 |website= |publisher=The Times |access-date=}}</ref>
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He was the first chair of [[Transport for the North]] (TfN), the first sub-national transport body in the UK,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transportforthenorth.com/about-transport-for-the-north/governance/ |title=Governance {{!}} unique elected & business leaders pan-northern partnership - Transport for the North |website=www.transportforthenorth.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228072939/http://www.transportforthenorth.com/about-transport-for-the-north/governance |archive-date=2017-02-28}}</ref> and was installed in the role in November 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-30|title=HS2 to be completed as far as Crewe by 2027 under revised plans|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/30/hs2-completed-crewe-2027-revised-plans-high-speed-rail|access-date=2021-12-31|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> In May 2021, it was announced he would stand down from the role later that year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-10|title=Chairman John Cridland to stand down {{!}} News|url=https://transportforthenorth.com/press-release/transport-for-the-north-chairman-john-cridland-to-stand-down-this-summer/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Transport for the North|language=en-GB}}</ref> He formally ended his term as Chairman in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Outgoing transport boss claims infrastructure boost could create 800,000 jobs in the North|url=https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/business/outgoing-transport-boss-claims-infrastructure-boost-could-create-800000-jobs-in-the-north-3346619|access-date=2021-12-31|website=www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk|date=14 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
He is married with two teenage children and lives in Bedfordshire.▼
==Personal life==
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