Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 17, 2000
MIKE HODGKINSON is the Chief Executive of BAA Plc. He graduated in
Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham in 1965. He then
spent 18 years in the British Motor Industry, firstly at Ford and then
the Rover Group, where he spent the last five years as Managing Director
of Land Rover and Range Rover Limited from 1978-1982. He then joined
Grand Metropolitan Plc as Deputy Chief Executive of Watney Mann Brewers.
He was appointed Chief Executive of Grand Metropolitan's European Food
division in 1986. In January 1992, Mr Hodgkinson joined BAA Plc as
Group Airports Director. In August 1994, he joined the Board of Molins
Plc and in March 2000, he joined the Board of FKI as a Non-executive
Director. Profile
Mr. Hodgkinson: It's primarily an airport business: we are the biggest
airport operator in the UK, and the first to be
