Nigel Douglas

Nigel Grant Douglas (born September 1970) is a Scottish entrepreneur[1][2][3] and the founder and CEO of Global Surface Intelligence Ltd[4][5]

Before going into business Nigel played sport at a high level. He is a black belt at judo[6] and played rugby union for Scottish Schools,[7][8] premier division rugby for Dundee HSRFP and district rugby for North and Midlands.[9][10]

Nigel’s father John was a Scottish Rugby Union international and a British Lion No 8. His grandfather was Alexander H Brown who played stand-off for Scotland[11] and his brother, Struan, played Rugby League for Scotland. Nigel’s mother founded the Patricia Brown School of Dancing[12] and she received an MBE for services to dance in 2010.[13]

References

  1. "Douglas branches out into £20bn green data market". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  2. Scottish Herald - Blast Off For Global Surface Intelligence
  3. "Nigel Douglas: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  4. "Satellite data analytics company raises funding". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  5. "Plenty of biomass - Satellites say". Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  6. "British Judo Association". membersearch.britishjudo.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  7. "rugby". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  8. "Just too tall an order for the Scots". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  9. "Dalgleish and Wallace given tour chance". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  10. "High point of a low season". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  11. ESPN Scrum
  12. "Local heroes honoured by Queen". BBC. 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  13. "Birthday Honours: Order Of The British Empire MBE". Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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