John Longworth (businessman)

John Longworth is a British businessman, and has been the Director-General of the British Chambers of Commerce since September 2011.

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 a main board director at Asda, Tesco and CWS.[2]

In March 2016, he became the first leader of a major business group 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 [4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Armitstead, Louise. "New BCC boss John Longworth has been 'preparing for this role for 30 years'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  2. 1 2 "British Chambers of Commerce - John Longworth". Britishchambers.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. ↑ "EU referendum: British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) boss John Longworth says Brexit would make Britain better off | City A.M". City A.M. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  4. ↑ Ross, Tim (2000-08-23). "Exclusive: BCC head John Longworth accuses David Cameron of peddling scare stories as he quits in Brexit row". Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  5. ↑ 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.
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