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{{Short description|Former Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, England}}
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'''Barry John Dodd''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (2 October 1947 – 30 May 2018<ref name="TT">{{cite news |title=Barry Dodd - Entrepreneur with a deep commitment to public service |editor-last=Evans|editor-first=Chris|work=The Telegraph |date=4 June 2018 |page=27|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MR BARRY JOHN DODD director information. Free director information. Director id 900200886 |url=https://companycheck.co.uk/director/900200886/MR-BARRY-JOHN-DODD/summary |website=Company Check |accessdate=31 May 2018}}</ref>) was an entrepreneur who ran a graphics company, GSM Group. He was appointed as the [[Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire]] in September 2014. Dodd was killed in a helicopter crash in [[North Yorkshire]] in May 2018.

==Life==
Dodd was born in Salford, but raised in Canada and in [[Chicago]] where his mother worked as a court reporter and then in real estate.<ref name="TS"/> Dodd returned to England to finish his schooling and to study engineering at Hatfield Polytechnic.<ref name="TT"/> Dodd worked as a graduate trainee at the petrochemicals firm [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] where he took on management roles in [[Teesside]], [[London]] and [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=":YP:">{{cite news |title=Barry Dodd, businessman and Lord-Lieutenant for North Yorkshire |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/barry-dodd-businessman-and-lord-lieutenant-for-north-yorkshire-1-9187566 |accessdate=31 May 2018 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=31 May 2018}}</ref>

He formed GSM with a colleague from his days at ICI in 1974. The company specialises in labels and barcoding equipment, sheet metal assemblies and automotive components.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beresford |first1=Philip |title=Britain's Top 100 Entrepreneurs 2014: No. 75 - Barry & Frances Dodd, GSM Group |url=https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/britains-top-100-entrepreneurs-2014-no-75-barry-frances-dodd-gsm-group/article/1318865 |website=managementtoday.co.uk |accessdate=31 May 2018 |date=26 October 2014}}</ref> Through many acquisitions, the company employed over 400 people at nine sites across the United Kingdom by the time of Dodd's death.<ref name=":YP:" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Showing the way to a true badge of success |work=The Northern Echo |date=14 December 1999|id={{ProQuest|328858124}} }}</ref>

He was made an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2006 Birthday Honours|Queen's Birthday Honours list of 2006]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen's Birthday Honours |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=17 June 2006|id={{ProQuest|335361199}} }}</ref> He was made a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 2014 for services to the United Kingdom economy<ref name="BBC-44315492">{{cite news |title=Fatal crash pilot is Lord Lieutenant |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-44315492 |accessdate=31 May 2018 |work=BBC News |date=31 May 2018}}</ref> and was made an [[Officer of the Order of St John]] in February 2018.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62228 |date=21 February 2018 |page=4730 }}</ref>

[[David Cameron]] wrote to Dodd in 2014 asking if he would like to be nominated to be [[Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire]]. Dodd accepted and was elevated to the role in September of the same year<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davies |first1=Gareth |title=Pilot who died in helicopter crash is Lord-Lieutenant for North Yorkshire |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/31/pilot-died-helicopter-crash-believed-lord-lieutenant-north-yorkshire/ |accessdate=31 May 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=31 May 2018}}</ref> taking over from [[James Dugdale, 2nd Baron Crathorne|Lord Crathorne]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knowlson |first1=Laura |title=A man of delivery - Barry Dodd wins Lifetime Achievement Award |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/business/news/14101539.A_man_of_delivery_-_Barry_Dodd_wins_Lifetime_Achievement_Award/ |accessdate=31 May 2018 |work=York Press |date=25 November 2015}}</ref>

He also served as chair of the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding [[local enterprise partnership]];<ref name="Halliday">{{cite news |last1=Halliday |first1=Josh |title=Pilot who died in North Yorkshire helicopter crash was Queen's envoy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/31/barry-dodd-pilot-died-north-yorkshire-helicopter-crash-queens-representative |accessdate=31 May 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=31 May 2018}}</ref> as Pro-Chancellor of the [[University of Hull]];<ref name="Robinson">{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Hannah |title=Tributes pour in for Barry Dodd killed in helicopter crash |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/barry-dodd-yorkshire-helicopter-crash-1627993 |accessdate=1 June 2018 |work=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |date=31 May 2018}}</ref> and chair of the joint [[Hull York Medical School]].<ref name="Robinson" />

In November 2018, Dodd was posthumously awarded the ''Individual Award for Excellence'' in The Yorkshire Post business awards 2018. The award was collected on his behalf by his widow, Frances.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Casci |first1=Mark |title=A Man Who Stood for Integrity, Decency |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=6 November 2018 |location=Business Awards 2018 |page=3|issn=0963-1496}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Dodd met his wife, Frances McTigue, at a party in 1970, but they did not marry until 1978.<ref name="TS">{{cite news |title=Barry Dodd - Obituary |editor-last=Witherow|editor-first=John|work=The Times |issue=72556 |date=8 June 2018 |page=54|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Dodd and his wife, Frances, lived in [[Carlton in Cleveland|Carlton-in-Cleveland]] a village in North Yorkshire<ref name="Halliday" /> where he kept a selection of vintage vehicles.<ref name="TS"/>

==Death==
Dodd died on 30 May 2018, aged 70, when the [[Bell 206B]] helicopter he was piloting crashed into a field at [[Aldborough, North Yorkshire|Aldborough]] near to [[Boroughbridge]] in [[North Yorkshire]].<ref name="Halliday" /> He had taken off from [[Husthwaite]] just a few minutes earlier;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Georgina |title=Inquiry as helicopter claims life of Queen's envoy |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=1 June 2018 |page=8|issn=0963-1496}}</ref> Dodd was the only person on board.<ref name="BBC-44315492" />

An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) inquiry concluded that the helicopter had crashed in bad weather, probably due to the pilot becoming disorientated in the cloud. Dodd was taking the helicopter from Husthwaite to an airfield at Walton Wood for an annual service.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pilot 'disorientated' before fatal crash |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-47567286 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |work=BBC News |date=14 March 2019}}</ref>

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