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British businessman
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John Longworth is a British businessman, and was the director-general of the British Chambers of Commerce from September 2011 until March 2016 .
John Longworth was educated at Smithills Moor Grammar School, Bolton, followed by bachelor's and master's degrees in science from Salford University.
He has been a main board director at Asda, Tesco and CWS.
In March 2016, he became the first leader of a major business group to back a Brexit. Mr Longworth resigned from the BCC on 6 March 2016 after being suspended for breaching the BCC's policy of neutrality on Brexit