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Ian Dudson
English ceremonial officer

Ian Dudson

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English ceremonial officer
Gender
Male
Age
74 years
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(2002)
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Ian James Dudson CBE is an English industrialist, chief executive and later non-executive chairman of the ceramics company Dudson in Stoke-on-Trent. He has served as Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire since 2012.

Life

Dudson is a descendant of Richard Dudson, who founded the ceramics company Dudson in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1800.

He graduated in General Science at the University of Dundee, and studied Ceramic Technology at North Staffordshire Polytechnic (now the University of Staffordshire). He joined Dudson in 1973, and from 1988 was chief executive. More recently he has held the position of non-executive chairman. He was appointed CBE in 2002, for services to the ceramic industry.

He became a Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshirein 2001, and from 2012 has served as Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 2010–2011. He was Pro-Chancellor of Keele University and Chair of Council from 2005 to 2012.

Dudson was appointed in 2013 Commander of the Order of St John, in recognition of his contribution towards "strengthening the spirit of mankind", and in 2017 became a Knight of the Order of St John. In 2014 he was made Honorary Doctor of the University of Staffordshire.

He is Chair of the Trustees of the Dudson Centre, a community resource centre in Stoke-on-Trent for voluntary organisations.

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