Ian Gibson

Who is Ian Gibson?

Sir Ian Gibson is the Chairman of Wm Morrison Supermarkets, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket group; previous chairmanships include BPBplc, Trinity Mirror, the owner of the Daily Mirror and other regional publications, and Deputy Chairman of ASDA plc. Sir Ian has also held Non Executive Directorships at Greggs plc, GKN plc, ASDA plc and Northern Rockplc.

Sir Ian built his career as an industrialist having spent 18 years with Nissan Motor Company Ltd where he was Chief Executive in the UK and Europe and was on the Japanese Main Board. Prior to this, he spent 15 years at Ford Motor Company working in Industrial Relations and Manufacturing management as General Operations Manager and in the UK, Germany and Spain.

Sir Ian was a made a CBE in 1990 and was knighted in 1999. Other positions held include various Government advisory roles in the UK and Japan and Member of Court at the Bank of England.

Ian currently lives in York with his wife Jane and has three children from his former marriages.