Michael Darrington

Sir Michael John Darrington (born 8 March 1942) is a British businessman.

Early life

He was educated at Lancing College in Sussex.

Career

He later qualified as a chartered accountant and spent 17 years with United Biscuits from 1966–83, latterly in general management. During this time he attended the PMD course at Harvard Business School in 1974.

Greggs

He joined Greggs Bakery in 1983 and was appointed Managing Director in January 1984.

Personal life

He was awarded a knighthood in the 2004 New Year Honours in recognition of his services to business and to the community in the North East. He married Paula Setterington in 1965, and has two daughters and a son. Currently resides in Northumberland.

gollark: So, thoughts on APIONET apiodrones apior9king and maybe logging?
gollark: Not relevant, we can just destroy universes if the runtime is too long.
gollark: I guess if it did, say, 5 at once then it only has to simulate itself to a recursion depth of 5, and I'm sure you can apply caching.
gollark: But short-duration ones would be annoying.
gollark: Well, it could do that easily as long as it doesn't try to do simulate itself doing future reminders during that time.

References

Business positions
Preceded by
Group Managing Director of Greggs
January 1984 - 2008
Succeeded by
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