Diana Barran, Baroness Barran

Barran

Diana Francesca Caroline Clare Barran, Baroness Barran, MBE is a British charity campaigner and former hedge fund manager. Barran is the founder of the domestic abuse awareness charity SafeLives and served as its chief executive from 2004 to 2017.

Career

Barran worked as an investment banker in London and Paris for Morgan Grenfell and Enskilda Asset Management and founded the hedge fund Barran and Partners in 1993. Barren left Beaumont Capital in 2001 shortly before its sale to Schroders. Barran owned 10% of Beaumont Capital at the time of her departure.[1]

Barran is a trustee of Comic Relief and chair of the Henry Smith Society. Barran has worked as the head of grant development for New Philanthropy Capital and as the firms donor adviser.[2]

Personal life

Barran is married with four children.[2]

Honours and awards

In the 2011 Birthday Honours, Barran was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).[3][2]

In May 2018, it was announced that she will be conferred a life peerage.[4][5] On 21 June, she was created Baroness Barran, of Bathwick in the City of Bath.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Barran puts family before windfall". The Evening Standard. 11 December 2001. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Meet the team: Diana Barren". Comic Relief. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 13.
  4. ↑ "Queen confers Peerages". gov.uk. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Dan Sabbagh (18 May 2018). "May names nine new Tory peers to boost party after Brexit defeats". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "No. 62337". The London Gazette. 27 June 2018. p. 11404.
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