Heather McGregor
Heather McGregor | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Professor Heather J. McGregor in 2022 | |
| Born | Heather Jane McGregor 27 March 1962 U.K. |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, journalist, executive |
| Provost and Vice Principal of Heriot-Watt University Dubai | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2022 | |
Dame Heather Jane McGregor DBE FRSE (born 27 March 1962) is a British executive, journalist, and academic, known for writing under the moniker "Mrs Moneypenny".
Biography
[edit]She is the Provost and Vice Principal of Heriot-Watt University Dubai since 1 September 2022. Prior to that and 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 2013, she appeared on a celebrity special episode of Come Dine with Me.[5] She was also elected as a fellow to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2021.[6] McGregor was a columnist for The Sunday Times between September 2019 and March 2021.
Awards
[edit]She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to business, especially employment skills and diversity in the workplace,[7] and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to education, business and heritage in Scotland.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "McGregor, Prof. Heather Jane". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U284626. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Professor Heather McGregor". Edinburgh Business School. Heriot-Watt University. Retrieved 24 January 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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. 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Come Dine with Me - Series 30: Episode 95 | Channel 4". www.channel4.com. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Stephen, Phyllis (29 March 2021). "New 2021 fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "No. 61256". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2015. pp. B8–B9.
- ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N9.
- ^ 2023 New Year Honours List, gov.uk. Accessed 29 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- "Mrs Moneypenny", Financial Times. Accessed 30 December 2022.
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburghreporter.co.uk. Accessed 30 December 2022.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
 | This article about a British journalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |