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boston , united kingdom 3 february 1961 john cridland speaking at the cbi.jpg john cridland
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john cridland

john cridland , cbe -lrb- born 3 february 1961 -rrb- is the tenth director-general of the confederation of british industry -lrb- cbi -rrb- in january 2011 .
in this role he is responsible for the cbi 's policy and represents the interests of the united kingdom 's business community nationally and internationally .
he was educated at boston grammar school and studied indian and african history at christ 's college , cambridge .
he joined the cbi as a policy adviser in 1982 and became its youngest ever director in 1991 , when he took over the environmental affairs brief .
he moved on to human resources policy in 1995 , where he helped negotiate the uk 's first national minimum wage and entry into the european union 's `` social chapter '' on employment conditions .
he was promoted to the post of deputy director-general in 2000 .
beyond his work with the cbi , cridland served on the low pay commission from its formation in 1997 until 2007 .
he was vice chair of the national learning and skills council between 2007 and 2010 and spent 10 years on the low pay commission and the council of the conciliation service , acas .
he was also a member of the commission on environmental markets and economic performance and the women and work commission ; vice-chairman of the learning and skills council ; a board member of business in the community ; a uk commissioner for employment and skills and a member of the council of cranfield university .
john cridland was awarded a cbe for services to business in 2006 and honorary doctorates from the university of lincoln in 2011 and the university of bedfordshire in 2013 .
he is married with two teenage children and lives in bedfordshire .
