Gordon Edington

George Gordon Edington (born 7 September 1945), known as Gordon Edington, is a London-born businessman, and writer. He was Vice President and President of the British Property Federation, Group Property Director of BAA Airports and Non Executive Director of Lendlease. He was awarded the CBE in 2006 for services to children as chair of the NCH.

Edington is the son of George Adam Edington and Phyllis Mary (née Allan). In Kenya he went to a nursery school in the Aberdare Mountains and then to St. Mary's boarding school in Nairobi. When the family returned to England, Edington attended St Lawrence College, Ramsgate in Kent, from 1957 to 1964 Soon after leaving college Edington started as an office boy at Knight Frank, where he worked for four years. He was a director at BAA from 1991 to 1999.

Edington was president of the British Property Federation from 1998 to 1999. In 2001 he was appointed chair of NCH.

Books and publications

Property Management: A Customer Focused Approach (1997) The Clowes Family of Chester Sporting Artists (Grosvenor Museum Chester, 1985)