Nick Buckles Explained

Nick Buckles
Birth Name:Nicholas Peter Buckles
Birth Date:1 February 1961
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Lanchester Polytechnic
Occupation:Businessman
Years Active:1983–2013
Former Chief Executive, G4S plc
Term:2005–2013
Successor:Ashley Almanza

Nicholas Peter Buckles (born 1961) is a British businessman.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Biography

Early career

He was born on 1 February 1961.[3] At the age of sixteen, he had his first job as a Christmas postman in Essex.[3] [5] He then went on to study business at Lanchester Polytechnic.[7]

Securicor and G4S

He joined Securicor in 1985 as a project accountant.[1] He served as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer of G4S plc from May 2004 to July 2005. Later he served as the Chief Executive Officer of G4S from 2005 to 2013.[1] In 2011 he announced, that G4S will acquire the danish ISS A/S in a deal worth £5.2 billion. The deal was later shelved, owing to shareholder unrest.[8] He initially kept his job, despite the fiasco at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[4] [9] [10] but stood down on 31 May 2013 and was succeeded by Ashley Almanza, formerly of BG Group.[6] He was also Chairman of the Ligue Internationale des Sociétés de Surveillance, the international association of leading security companies.[2] [3]

He has said his hero is Margaret Thatcher because "she led the biggest economic turnaround in recent history."[3] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bloomberg Business Week Executive profile: Nicholas P. Buckles . https://web.archive.org/web/20120721192324/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1205757&ticker=GFS:LN . dead . July 21, 2012 . Bloomberg . 29 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Our Group Board . G4S . 14 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220181851/http://www.g4s.com/en/Who%20we%20are/Our%20people/Group%20board%20profiles/ . 20 December 2016 .
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jul/14/nick-buckles-g4s-chief-leadership Nick Buckles: the G4S chief who says his leadership style is 'no excuses'
  4. Angela Monaghan, Nick Buckles survives G4S Olympic fiasco review as two directors go, The Daily Telegraph, September 28, 2012
  5. Alice Gribbin, Nick Buckles: "My leadership style? 'No excuses'", New Statesman, April 17, 2012
  6. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/21/g4s-boss-nick-buckles-to-quit_n_3310563.html G4S Boss Nick Buckles To Quit After Olympic Games Security Fiasco
  7. News: Leading edge: Nick Buckles. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213001744/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/Appointments/article518239.ece. dead. December 13, 2013. The Sunday Times. London. 23 January 2013. 20 July 2013.
  8. News: G4S abandons £5.2bn ISS takeover deal . BBC News . November 2011 .
  9. Nils Pratley, Nick Buckles saved by G4S shareholders, The Guardian, September 28, 2012
  10. Jonathan Guthrie, Non-stick Nick to shrug off G4S threat, The Financial Times, December 17, 2012

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