Sir Arthur Gordon Norman CBE DFC (18 February 1917 – 30 September 2011) was a leading British industrialist, President of the CBI and Chairman of the UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development. Arthur Norman was educated at Blundell's School and served with the RAF during WW II, reaching the rank of Wing Commander. In 1943 Norman was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions on 18 September 1943 during Operation 'Elaborate' (the ferrying of Horsa gliders from Portreath to Rabat-Salé in Morocco).