Susie Hargreaves
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Susie Hargreaves OBE is a British executive who works in the charity sector. She is Chief Executive officer of the Internet Watch Foundation.
Early life
[edit]Susan Elizabeth Nuttgens was born in 1962 in Yorkshire to Patrick John Nuttgens, architecture lecturer, and Bridget Badenoch. Her grandfather was stained-glass artist Joseph Edward Nuttgens. Her siblings include Giles Nuttgens, cinematographer, Sandy Nuttgens, composer, and Peg Alexander, broadcaster. Her first marriage, to D N Hargreaves, was in 1983.
Hargreaves was raised in Yorkshire, in a family of nine.[1]
Career
[edit]Hargreaves has held a number of executive positions in the arts, including general manager of Red Ladder Theatre Company, deputy director of Watermans Arts Centre, and CEO of Audiences Yorkshire.[2] In 2002, she founded CultureWorks UK, a business development company. In November 2008, she became CEO of the Society of Dyers and Colourists.[3][4]
Since her appointment in September 2011, she has been CEO of the Internet Watch Foundation.[5][6] She is a director of the UK Safer Internet Centre.
Personal life
[edit]She is married to actor and director Marcus Romer; they have two children.[1][7]
Honours
[edit]Hargreaves was a finalist for a European Women of Achievement Award in 2004,[3] as Executive of the Year in the 2017 ISPA Awards, and in the 2018 European CEO Awards.[2] In 2006, she was awarded a Clore Leadership Fellowship.[2]
In 2016, she was awarded an OBE for Services to Child Online Protection in the Queen's Birthday Honours.[2][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sarah Rees (6 December 2019). "Susie Hargreaves OBE: 'I love my job at the IWF'". Nominet. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Susie Hargreaves". The Clore Leadership Programme. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Susie Hargreaves is new Chief Executive of SDC". Fashion Capital (press release). 7 October 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Bradford-based Society of Dyers and Colourists boss Susie Hargreaves to boost links with India". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Susie Hargreaves OBE: Chief Executive". Internet Watch Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Internet Watch Foundation reacts to 'terrifying' child sexual threat figures released by the National Crime Agency". Cambridge Independent. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b "IWF Chief is awarded an OBE" (press release). Internet Watch Foundation. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.