OBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
England
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) is an English businessman. He was Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of UK transport group
FirstGroup
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Secondary Modern
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) at 15 to become apprentice mechanic in a bus garage in
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town.
In the 19th century, Darlington under ...
, before working for a short period as a management trainee with Tarmac. In 1979, he was appointed Chief Engineer of Glasgow City Transport. He joined Grampian Regional Transport in 1985 as General Manager, and went on to lead the successful employee buy-out as
GRT Group
:''This article describes the bus group, for the Grampian Regional Transport bus company and successors/predecessors, see First Aberdeen''
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.
He was made an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(OBE) in 1996 for services to the bus industry. He is a past President of the
Confederation of Passenger Transport
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2008 Birthday Honours
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. In 2009, the
University of Aberdeen
, mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
, established =
, type = Public research universityAncient university
, endowment = £58.4 million (2021)
, budget ...
VisitScotland
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Silver Thistle Award for outstanding services to the tourism industry in Scotland.
In 2011, he was appointed Chairman of the
Scottish Rugby Union
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. In 2014, he was re-appointed for a second three-year term. In 2014, he was appointed Chairman of the
National Trust for Scotland
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.
In January 2011,
First Great Western
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powercar 43160 was named ''Sir Moir Lockhead'' as was
First ScotRail
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diesel multiple unit 170401 in March 2011.Two ScotRail 170s named ''
Today's Railways UK
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'' issue 113 May 2011 page 67
Personal life
Lockhead is married with four children and lives on his family's cattle farm near
Aberdeen
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