Digby Jones

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Sir Digby Marritt Jones LLB (hon.s), D.Univ, D.Litt. CIMgt, FRI (born 1955) was Director-General of the CBI, between January 1, 2001 and June 30, 2006.

[edit] Trivia

• Digby Jones was expelled from school after taking his A-levels for streaking.

After failing to get a place at Oxford University, he read Law at University College London, and he graduated with a 2:1

• He was the guest on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs, broadcast on 21 May 2006.
• He is a Director Of Leicester RFC and a fan of Aston Villa FC.
• He is a Vice President of The Birmingham Civic Society

[edit] Legacy

• The Sir Digby Jones Award for Enterprise, an award for pupils at Old Swinford Hospital who have shown an aptitude for business and enterprise is named after him ever since he gave a speech at the prizegiving of the school in 2005.