Michael Bishop, Baron Glendonbrook

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Michael David Bishop, Baron Glendonbrook CBE (born February 10, 1942 in Bowdon (Greater Manchester) ) is a British businessman and life peer . He became known as the owner of British Midland Airways and sold his shares to Lufthansa in 2009 . Glendonbrook has an estimated net worth of £ 280 million. He was one of the first senior managers in the UK to openly acknowledge their homosexuality.

Youth and education

Michael Bishop is the son of a factory manager. He first encountered flying when he was six when his parents took him on an Aer Lingus flight to Dublin to buy chocolate, a rarity in post-war Britain.

He went to Mill Hill School in North London, he loved flying, so he took on a number of summer jobs involving aerial photography.

British Midland

In 1963, Bishop began working at Manchester Airport in the ground handling of Mercury Airlines, a scheduled and charter airline that was acquired by British Midland in 1964. Bishop worked at British Midland and rose to General Manager in 1969 and Managing Director in 1972.

In 1978 the London investment company Minster Assets, which owned British Midland, decided to sell its shares. With the help of a California dentist, Bishop raised £ 2.5 million on a management buy-out and was subsequently named a director. "Since 1969, he has been the driving force behind the airline's rapid expansion, which is now 11% of the start - and had land slots on London Heathrow , just after British Airways , with a route network that included Europe, North America, Asia and Africa.

Bishop held 50% plus 1 share, Lufthansa held 30% minus 1 share, and SAS Airlines held the remaining 20%. In October 2008, on the basis of a contract concluded in 1999, which was part of a package in which BMI joined the Star Alliance , Bishop sold its 50% shares to Lufthansa. The sale price was estimated at £ 318 million.

Further positions and awards

From 1991 to 1993, Bishop was an associate director of Channel 4 , and from 1993 to 1997 its executive director. He was also a director of Williams plc., And an assistant director of Airtours International .

In 1986 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire at the level of Commander and in 1991 he was knighted. On July 12, 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Law School of the University of Leicester .

In an independent list of the most influential gays in Great Britain, he was ranked 5th in 2005 and 6th in 2006.

On 1 February 2011, Bishop as Baron Glendonbrook , of Bowdon in the County of Cheshire, the Life Peer collected, and sat between March 22 for the Conservatives in the House of Lords .

Personal

Bishop is openly gay and has been speaking publicly about LGBT rights since 2008. Bishop is often described in the press as elegant . He's been a member of the Conservative Party since he was 17; He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of D'Oyly Carte Opera Company , which performs and sponsors operas by Gilbert and Sullivan . Glendonbrook lives in London .

literature

  • British Independent Airlines since 1946, Merseyside Aviation Society, Liverpool, 1976, ISBN 0-902420-07-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sunday Times Rich List : Sir Michael Bishop . In: The Times , April 27, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2008. 
  2. ↑ a b Businesses 'retain gay prejudice' , BBC News. August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2009. 
  3. ^ A b Andrew Clark: A generation game . In: The Guardian , May 18, 2002. Retrieved November 2, 2008. 
  4. ^ A b c d Dominic O'Connell: Lufthansa roars into Heathrow , The Sunday Times. November 2, 2008. 
  5. ↑ BMI being taken over by Lufthansa
  6. ↑ Sir Michael Bishop: Quiet man of BMI has full-throttle air rage . In: The Independent , May 9, 2004. Retrieved November 2, 2008. 
  7. ↑ Gay Power: The pink list
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  9. ^ House of Lords Minute of Proceedings for March 22, 2011 .
  10. ↑ Jerome Taylor: A revolution in the boardroom . In: The Independent , August 19, 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2008. 
  11. ↑ Twenty Questions: Sir Michael Bishop, owner and chairman of British (abstract) , The Independent. July 26, 2000. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved November 2, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / business.highbeam.com 
  12. ↑ 192.com - Search for Michael David Bishop in London
personal data
SURNAME Bishop, Michael, Baron Glendonbrook
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bishop, Michael David, Baron Glendonbrook (full name); Bishop, Michael David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British businessman and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Bowdon (Greater Manchester)