Nick Markham

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Nick Markham
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Born13 February 1968 (1968-02-13) (age 53)
UK
Alma materLSE
OccupationChair of London & Continental Railways
Co-Founder Cignpost Diagnostics Ltd.
Lead NED Dept Work & Pensions
NED Inchora Ltd.
Years active1989–present

Nick Markham Chairs London & Continental Railways,[1] he is also the Co Founder of covid testing company Cignpost Diagnostics[2] & ExpressTest,[3] is a Non-Executive Director of Inchora Limited and is Lead NED for the Department for Work and Pensions

Personal life[]

Nick lives in Surrey with fiancé Doctor Ingrid Batista and their son Xavi. He also has two older children Ben and Sam.

Early life[]

Nick was born on 13 February 1968 in Haywards Heath. The son of Peter Jones[4] CBE (Advertising Executive) and Judy Markham (Nurse), he has four siblings Claire, Sammy, Vicky and Cokey. Nick attended Downlands Comprehensive School in Sussex, then studied A Levels at Haywards Heath Sixth Form College. He attended the London School of Economics and Political Science between 1986 and 1989 and obtained a first class BSc in Economics. He is a keen tennis, football, and rugby player and has always been passionate about politics, making the Conservative Society the biggest political club at LSE. He was also selected to stand for Westminster Council whilst still at LSE. In 1990, aged 22, he was elected as the youngest Westminster Councillor and became the youngest Chair of Education, aged 25, and Deputy Leader and Chair of Finance, aged 27.

DWP[]

In July 2020 he was appointed Lead NED Dept Work & Pensions,[5] where he works closely with the Secretary of State and the Permanent Secretary advising the department on how best to implement policies. In particular he utilises his housing experience to ensure the department provides best value for its £25 billion per annum housing benefit spend.

COVID-19[]

At the beginning of the pandemic, he set up a charity to deliver PPE and other essential equipment, called Project Little Boat,[6] with Denis Kinane. Markham then co-founded Cignpost Diagnostics with Denis Kinane and Steve Whatley and is the Commercial Lead responsible for building the business. Cignpost has worked with elite sports,[7] film production, travel[8] and banking sectors to ensure they have a safe COVID-19-free working environment and under the consumer brand ExpressTest, to help the public travel safely.[9]

Career[]

Nick Markham is Chairman of London & Continental Railways which is the Government specialist for regeneration around railways including Kings Cross and the Stratford Olympic site. Nick is setting up a shared ownership solution, AnyNest, with housing charity Safe Haven, helping people onto the housing ladder. Previously he was the Lead Non-Executive Director for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government since January 2013, where he also chaired the Audit and Risk Committee.[10] He was Strategy Director at ITV where he led the merger integration of Carlton Television (now ITV London) and Granada and developed the concept of Freeview alongside the BBC.[11] From 1990 to 1998, Nick Markham was a councillor and Deputy Leader of Westminster Council. He also chaired Inview Technology Ltd[12] and was CFO for Laura Ashley where he led the financial restructuring of the business.

Nick was Chief Executive of Top Up TV,[13] which supplied a range of linear pay TV channels on DTT including Sky Sports 1, 2 and ESPN (the U.S.-based global cable and satellite television channel) and which provides conditional-access modules (CAMs) and technical services to BT Vision. According to the Government website Gov.uk Top Up TV was the first successful pay TV operator on digital terrestrial television in the world.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "LCR Propoerty Ledership Team". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Cignpost Diagnostics Founders". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Express Test About us". Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ^ Jones, Peter. "Glorious Goodwood – PETER JONES CBE". Eclipse Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Nick Markham appointed as Lead Non-Executive Director for DWP". 27 July 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "UK risks losing offer of 400,000 Covid-19 testing kits a week". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Cignpost makes debut Saudi women's golf tournament 'Covid-secure'". Trade arabia. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Covid-19 testing specialist makes first foray into travel". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Covid in Scotland: First screening site opens at Edinburgh airport". BBC. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Nick Markham - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  11. ^ Guardian Staff (2003-10-28). "Today's media stories from the papers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  12. ^ "Meet the Team". Inview Technology Ltd. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
  13. ^ "Top Up TV brings Sky Sports 1 and 2 to Freeview". Mediatel. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Nick Markham - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
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