Sir Nigel Rudd FCA DL (born 31 December 1946 in Derby, England), is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 1982, he founded Williams Holdings, a company which went on to become one of the largest industrial holding companies in the United Kingdom until its demerger in November 2000, creating Chubb plc and Kidde plc. He became the non-executive Chairman of Kidde plc until December 2003. He currently presides as chairman at BAA Aviation PLC.