Nigel Doughty
Born(1957-06-10)10 June 1957
Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
Died4 February 2012(2012-02-04) (aged 54)
Skillington, Lincolnshire, England

Nigel Edward Doughty (10 June 1957 – 4 February 2012) was a British investor and football club owner, who was co-chairman and co-founder of Doughty Hanson & Co, a European private equity firm based in London.

Doughty was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Doughty Hanson & Co traces its history back to 1985 when Doughty and Richard Hanson began working together on European investments. Doughty completed his Cranfield BA in 1984 and became a Distinguished Alumnus of the Cranfield School of Management in 2004.[1] He made a personal donation in 2006 to establish the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield School of Management.[2] He was also President of The Cranfield Trust.[3] Doughty was a Trustee of the Doughty Family Foundation[4] and the Doughty Hanson Charitable Foundation.[5]

Around 2010, Doughty was an Assistant Treasurer of the Labour Party[6] and Chairman of the Small Business Taskforce policy review.[7] He was a member of the World Economic Forum in Davos.[8]

Doughty bought control of Nottingham Forest F.C. for £11 million in 1999.[9] After the departure of Steve McClaren as Forest manager in October 2011, Doughty announced his decision to step down as Forest chairman by the end of the 2011–12 season.[10] Doughty's son Michael is a professional footballer.

On 4 February 2012, Doughty was found dead in the gymnasium of his home in Skillington, Lincolnshire.[9][11][12] His death was due to Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Cranfield University" (PDF). Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility". Som.cranfield.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "News". Cranfield Trust. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Doughty Family Foundation - Charity Number 1127491, Details, Financial Information and Comments from directors". Charitiesdirect.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Doughty Hanson Charitable Foundation - Doughty Hanson & Co". Doughtyhanson.com. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  6. ↑ Syal, Rajeev (16 April 2010). "Labour party bids to boost flagging coffers by hiring Sir Gulam Noon". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Ed Miliband's speech to Federation of Small Businesses". The Labour Party. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "World Economic Forum-Members". Weforum.org. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  9. 1 2 "Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty found dead". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "I had to quit as Forest chairman". BBC Sport. BBC. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  11. ↑ "Nigel Doughty". Nottingham Forest Official Website. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Obituary on BBC Radio 4's Last Word http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bmq2z#p00p89vr
  13. ↑ "Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty died of natural causes". BBC News. 10 May 2012.


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