Sir Michael Stewart Hodgkinson (born 7 April 1944) is a British business executive who was best known for being Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings from 1999 to 2003. He has held a number of senior positions in the travel industry.
Early life The son of Stewart Gordon Hodgkinson and his wife Ruth Phyllis Pentelow, Hodgkinson was born in 1944, while his father was serving as a junior officer in the Royal Artillery.The London Gazette, Supplement, 8 July 1941, p. 3909 A few months later, his father transferred as a Lieutenant to the Essex Regiment. The London Gazette, Supplement 37010, 30 March 1945, p. 1770
He was educated at Hornchurch Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, graduating BA in Industrial Economics in 1965. He went on to qualify as an accountant in 1969."Hodgkinson, Sir Michael Stewart Kt 2003 Born 7 April 1944" in Who's Who online edition, accessed 26 February 2025"Supervisory Board (Deputy Chairman)", tuigroup.com, accessed 25 February 2025
Career Hodgkinson's first significant role was as managing director of Land Rover-Range Rover from 1978 to 1983. In 1986, he was appointed as Chief Executive of Grand Metropolitan’s European Food Division and in 1992 as Group Airports Director at BAA plc. He was chief executive of Heathrow Airport Holdings from 1999 to 2003, in which year he was knighted.Hodgkinson knighted", moodiedavittreport.com, 16 June 2003 He was next Non-Executive Chairman of Post Office Limited."Select Committee on Treasury Minutes of Evidence: SIR MIKE HODGKINSON, MR DAVE MILLER AND MR GRAHAM HALLIDAY CBE", parliament.uk, 10 February 2005, accessed 25 February 2025
In 2007, as chairman of First Choice, Hodgkinson took it into a merger with the German company TUI, which controlled Thomson Holidays."Two travel firms to merge into giant tour company", Coventry Live, 20 March 2007, accessed 25 February 2025 He was elected to the supervisory board of TUI Group and became its vice-chairman, and was still serving in that position in 2016."Constituent meeting of TUI AG Supervisory Board re-elects Prof. Dr Klaus Mangold as Chairman SIR MICHAEL HODGKINSON RE-ELECTED AND REMAINS VICE-CHAIRMAN", tuigroup.com, 2016, accessed 25 February 2025
Hodgkinson went on to serve as Chairman of Keolis UK Ltd from December 2011 to 2019."Hodgkinson is new chairman at Keolis UK", TransportXtra, 19 December 2011 In May 2018, the Wales & Borders franchise was awarded to KeolisAmey Wales, which received a contract valued at £5billion covering a 15-year period starting on 14 October 2018."Wales' rail and metro franchise to be run by KeolisAmey", BBC News, 23 May 2018, archived 18 May 2019
Until 2013, when he was replaced by Daniel Moylan, Hodgkinson was the Transport for London nominee as a non-executive director of Crossrail.New Crossrail Board appointment, crossrail.co.uk, 8 August 2013, accessed 8 November 2015
Personal life In 1988, Hodgkinson married Elspeth Holman, the daughter of Michael Holman and Dorothy Napier, and they have a son and two daughters. They live in the St Katharine Docks area of the East End of London.
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External links Michael Stewart HODGKINSON at Companies House "Interview: New knight of railways readies a tilt at Branson", Standard.co.uk, 10 April 2012