Richard Gillingwater

{{Short description|British businessman (born 1956)}}

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| birth_name = Richard Dunnell Gillingwater

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956|07}}

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| nationality = British

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| alma mater = Oxford University
IMD Lausanne

| occupation = Chairman, SSE plc
Chairman, Janus Henderson Group plc
Pro-chancellor, Open University

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| boards = SSE plc
Janus Henderson Group plc
Helical Bar

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Richard Dunnell Gillingwater CBE (born July 1956) is a British businessman and former public servant, chairman of Janus Henderson Group plc, former chairman of SSE plc, and the pro-chancellor of the Open University.

Richard Dunnell Gillingwater was born in July 1956.{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC117119/officers |title=SSE PLC - Officers (free information from Companies House) |website=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-04-14}}

Gillingwater has a law degree from Oxford University, and an MBA from IMD Lausanne.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1586001&privcapId=877219 |title=List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter - Businessweek - Businessweek |website=Bloomberg.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-14}}

In 2003, he led a team of civil servants who worked on corporate finance in the Department for Trade and Industry as they transitioned into the Shareholder Executive, created to professionalise the government’s management of its commercial shareholdings.{{Cite web |last=Johnstone |first=Richard |date=2020-06-25 |title=Shareholder stories: ex-UKGI chief Mark Russell on life as Whitehall's corporate governance guru |url=https://www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/article/shareholder-stories-exukgi-chief-mark-russell-on-life-as-whitehalls-corporate-governance-guru |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Civil Service World |language=en}} He was chief executive of the new body until September 2006, when he became its chair.{{Cite web |date=12 October 2006 |title=New Chief Executive appointed to the Shareholder Executive |url=https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/54e6de9e0c383719802572b9005141ed/a9da43e8a0339b32802572ab004bdb0d |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=wired-gov.net}} While in this role he was appointed CBE in the 2008 Birthday Honours, for services to the financial services industry.{{London Gazette

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Gillingwater was the chairman of SSE plc from July 2015 to July 2020, having been a non-executive director since May 2007.{{cite web|url=http://sse.com/aboutus/ourteam/ |title=Our team |website=Sse.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-14}} He was the pro-chancellor of the Open University between 2015 and 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www3.open.ac.uk/media/fullstory.aspx?id=27333 |title=Open University appoints new Pro-Chancellor |website=Open.ac.uk |date=2014-05-06 |accessdate=2016-04-14}} He is the chairman of Janus Henderson Group plc, and a non-executive director of Helical Bar plc.{{cite web|url=http://sse.com/aboutus/ourteam/ |title=Our team |publisher=Sse.com |date= |accessdate=2016-04-14}}