Geoffrey Drabble (born December 1959)[1] is a British businessman, and was the CEO of Ashtead Group, an industrial equipment rental company and FTSE 100 Index constituent, from January 2007[2][3] to May 2019.
Drabble has seen Ashtead's share price rise from £1.50 to £15.50 over his nearly 11 years as CEO.[2]
In 2018, he was named "CEO of the Year" at the PLC Awards.[5]
In November 2018, it was announced that Drabble would retire as CEO of Ashtead Group on 1 May 2019, and would be succeeded by Brendan Horgan, the Group COO and chief executive of Sunbelt Rentals, Ashtead's North American business.[6]
^"Geoffrey DRABBLE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
^ abcBury, Rhiannon (27 May 2017). "Geoff Drabble: Ashtead lost its way on treating staff well but now it's changing". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 October 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
geoff, drabble, geoffrey, drabble, born, december, 1959, british, businessman, ashtead, group, industrial, equipment, rental, company, ftse, index, constituent, from, january, 2007, 2019, borngeoffrey, drabbledecember, 1959, nationalitybritisheducationaberystw. Geoffrey Drabble born December 1959 1 is a British businessman and was the CEO of Ashtead Group an industrial equipment rental company and FTSE 100 Index constituent from January 2007 2 3 to May 2019 Geoff DrabbleBornGeoffrey DrabbleDecember 1959 age 63 64 NationalityBritishEducationAberystwyth UniversityOccupationBusinessmanTitleFormer CEO Ashtead GroupTermJanuary 2007 May 2019SuccessorBrendan HorganSpouseMarried Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEarly life editHe has a bachelor s degree in economics and accountancy from Aberystwyth University 4 Career editDrabble started his career with Black amp Decker then Laird before joining Ashtead 2 Drabble has seen Ashtead s share price rise from 1 50 to 15 50 over his nearly 11 years as CEO 2 In 2018 he was named CEO of the Year at the PLC Awards 5 In November 2018 it was announced that Drabble would retire as CEO of Ashtead Group on 1 May 2019 and would be succeeded by Brendan Horgan the Group COO and chief executive of Sunbelt Rentals Ashtead s North American business 6 Personal life editHe met his future wife while at university 4 References edit Geoffrey DRABBLE Personal Appointments free information from Companies House beta companieshouse gov uk Retrieved 28 October 2017 a b c Bury Rhiannon 27 May 2017 Geoff Drabble Ashtead lost its way on treating staff well but now it s changing The Telegraph Retrieved 28 October 2017 via www telegraph co uk Geoffrey Drabble B Sc FCA Executive Profile amp Biography Bloomberg www bloomberg com Retrieved 28 October 2017 a b Armitstead Louise 9 June 2013 Ashtead boss is Mr Fahrenheit of the City Retrieved 28 October 2017 via www telegraph co uk Winners PLC Awards 2018 www plc awards co uk Retrieved 17 October 2018 Pollok Murray 30 November 2018 Drabble to retire from Ashtead in 2019 KHL Retrieved 5 October 2019 nbsp This United Kingdom business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geoff Drabble amp oldid 1146322142, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
