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Sir David Charles Ord (born July 1948) is a British businessman.
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Early life and education
Ord graduated from University College London and was a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School.
Career
He is the co-owner and Managing Director of the Bristol Port Company, which owns Royal Portbury Dock and Avonmouth Docks which make up the modern Port of Bristol. The docks were operated by the Port of Bristol Authority, part of Bristol City Council, until 1991, when the council granted a 150-year lease to the Bristol Port Company. In 2014 the council sold the freehold of the port to the company for £10 million, but retained a 12.5% non voting stake in the company.
He was non-executive chairman of Mitie from 2003 to 2008 and was the south west regional treasurer of the Conservative Party from 1999. He is a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers. He made donations to the local Conservative party, which led to member of parliament Charlotte Leslie, being accused of not declaring these as being potentially relevant to her opposition to the Severn Barrage. She was later cleared of wrongdoing in relation to the declaration of the donations.
His larger donations, estimated to be £77,500 in 2013, to the national conservative party led to speculation about his influence in connection with plans for the barrage. He is a director of Open Europe, a think tank promoting ideas for economic and political reform of the European Union. He is chairman of the Trade Policy Research Centre.
Honours
Ord was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Bristol on 17 July 2015.
In the 2017 New Year Honours, Ord was knighted for political service and service to the community in the South West.