Kate Mavor
Kate Mavor | |
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Chief Executive Officer of English Heritage | |
In office 2015–2023 | |
Preceded by | Simon Thurley |
Chief Executive Officer of National Trust for Scotland | |
In office 2009–2015 | |
Preceded by | Mark Adderley |
Succeeded by | Simon Skinner |
Personal details | |
Born | Katherine Lyndsay Mavor (1962-03-30) 30 March 1962 (age 62) London, England |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Spouse | Andrew Williams (m. 1989) |
Children | 2 |
Education | Westbourne School for Girls |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford Polytechnic of Central London |
Katherine Lyndsay Mavor, CBE (born 30 March 1962) is a British charity executive and businesswoman. Since September 2023, she has been Master of St Cross College, Oxford.[1] From 2015 to 2023, she was chief executive officer (CEO) of English Heritage.[2] Previously, she was CEO of National Trust for Scotland from 2009 to 2015 and CEO of Project Scotland from 2005 to 2009.[3]
Early life and education
Mavor was born on 30 March 1962 in London, England,[3] and was brought up in Glasgow, Scotland.[4] She was educated at Westbourne School for Girls.[3] In 1980, she matriculated into Trinity College, Oxford to study modern languages;[5] this was only the second year that the previously all-male college admitted female students.[6] She graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1984; as per tradition, this was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Oxon)) degree.[3] She later completed a postgraduate diploma in marketing at the Polytechnic of Central London.[3]
Career
Business career
Mavor's early career was spent in business and publishing.[6] Having graduated from university, she spent a year as a graduate trainee at Thomson Books between 1984 and 1985. Then, she was a product manager at Macmillan Press from 1985 to 1986, and a publicity manager at Unwin Hyman from 1987 to 1988.[3]
In 1988, Mavor moved into marketing, and was a marketing manager at Kogan Page for the next two years. From 1990 to 1994, she was Marketing Director for the Regent Schools of English.[3] She was managing director of the Anglo-Polish Interchange between 1994 and 1997.[3][4] The Anglo-Polish Interchange was set up by Mavor and is a market research company.[6] In 1998, Mavor became Marketing Director of Language Line, a company offering telephone interpreting services. She was promoted to chief executive officer and led a venture-capital backed management buyout of the company.[4][6]
Charity executive
From 2005 to 2009, she was CEO of Project Scotland, a Scottish volunteering organisation for young adults aged between 16 and 25.[3] From 2009 to 2015, she was CEO of the National Trust for Scotland.[2] On 3 February 2015, she was announced as the CEO of English Heritage.[7] English Heritage became a charity in April 2015 having previously been a non-departmental public body of the British Government; when she officially became CEO in May 2015, she also became the first head of the new charity.[2][7]
St Cross College
In 2023, Mavor was announced as the new master of St Cross College, with effect from September 2023.[1]
Personal life
In 1989, Mavor married Andrew Williams.[3] Together, they have two sons.[4]
Honours
In November 2014, Mavor was awarded a Doctor of the University (DUniv) degree by Heriot-Watt University "in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the promotion and preservation of Scotland's environmental heritage and to developments in the community volunteer movement".[8] In 2015, she was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, her alma mater.[3][6]
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to heritage.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Kate Mavor CBE Announced as New Master of St Cross College".
- ^ a b c "The Big Hire: Kate Mavor of English Heritage". Third Sector. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "MAVOR, Katherine Lyndsay". Who's Who 2016. November 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d Hillier, Andy (7 March 2016). "Kate Mavor: 'We must think more like a charity'". Third Sector. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Chief Executive of English Heritage". Trinity College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Election of New Honorary Fellows". Trinity College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ a b "English Heritage names new Chief Executives". Museums Association. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "November Graduations". Heriot-Watt University. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N9.
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