About Martin Broughton
Sir Martin Faulkner Broughton is a British businessman and deputy chairman of International Airlines Group. Formed in January 2011, IAG is the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. It is a Spanish registered company with shares traded on the London Stock Exchange and Spanish Stock Exchanges. The corporate head office for IAG is in London, UK. He is also a Managing Partner at Sports Investment Partners and chairman of the sports virtual advertising company Supponor. He is a former chairman of Liverpool Football Club and also served as President of the Confederation of British Industry. Broughton and the rest of the Liverpool F.C. board won the right to sell the club in a High Court case against Hicks and Gillett on 13 October 2010. Sir Martin joined the British Airways board as a non-executive director in May 2000 became the deputy chairman in November 2003, and became chairman in July 2004, serving until 2013.
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