David Norgrove
British businessman
Sir David Ronald Norgrove (born 23 January 1948) is an English businessman and government official, who was chair of the UK Statistics Authority from 2017 to 2022. He was previously the first chairman of The Pensions Regulator, and then chair of the Low Pay Commission.
Early life
Norgrove was born on 23 January 1948 in Peckham, London. He was educated at Christ's Hospital School and read history at Exeter College, Oxford. He gained a diploma in Economics at Cambridge University and then a master's degree in economics at the London School of Economics.
Career
Norgrove started his career as an economist at HM Treasury (1972–85), where his time included a secondment to the First National Bank of Chicago.
Norgrove was private secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher between 1985 and 1988.
In 1988 he joined Marks & Spencer, where he held several positions: from 1988 to 1999 he was Director of Europe; Worldwide franchising; Menswear and Strategy. In September 1999 he became chairman of Marks & Spencer's Ventures Division and a year later he was appointed to the executive board as executive director for Strategy, International and Ventures.
Norgrove was heavily involved in the early recovery of Marks and Spencer but in January 2004 he was fired from his role as director of clothing following poor Christmas sales.
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