Heather McGregor
Professor Heather Jane McGregor, CBE (born 27 March 1962) is a British executive, journalist, and academic. Since 2016, she has been Executive Dean of Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University. She wrote a column for the Financial Times from 1999 to 2016 as "Mrs Moneypenny", and was the chief executive of Taylor Bennett from 2000 to 2016.[1][2]
In 2008, McGregor established the Taylor Bennett Foundation, a charity that encourages black, Asian and minority ethnic people to consider a career in communications and PR.[3][4] She was a founding member of the 30% Club, which campaigns for more women on the boards of FTSE 100 companies.[3] In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to business, especially employment skills and diversity in the workplace".[5]
McGregor is a columnist for The Sunday Times.
References
- ^ "McGregor, Prof. Heather Jane". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-284626. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Professor Heather McGregor". Edinburgh Business School. Heriot-Watt University. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ a b Glackin, Michael (28 October 2018). "A demanding role for 'Mrs Moneypenny' Heather McGregor at Heriot Watt Business School". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "About the Foundation". Taylor Bennett Foundation.
- ^ "No. 61256". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2015. pp. B8–B9.
