Helena Morrissey

Helena Morrissey
Born Helena Louise ?
March 1966 (age 52)
Altrincham,Cheshire, England
Residence Notting Hill, London, England
Education Bishop Luffa School
Alma mater Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Occupation Banker
Home town Chichester, Sussex, England
Spouse(s) Richard Morrissey
Children 9, including Flo Morrissey

Dame Helena Louise Morrissey, DBE (born March 1966)[1] is a British financier and campaigner.

Early life

She was born in Altrincham, Cheshire in 1966.[2] She grew up near Chichester, and was educated at Bishop Luffa School, Chichester.[2][3] Both of her parents were teachers.[3]

She earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 1985.[2][3]

Career

She began her career at the New York and London bond desks at Schroders. Finding her career path blocked there, she moved to Newton Investment Management in the early 1990s[4] as a fixed income fund manager.[5][6]

She became Newton's chief executive[7]; as of 2015, it manages £47 billion of assets.[8]

She is Head of Personal Investing at Legal & General Investment Management, which has £894 billion of assets under management (2016).

Campaigns

In 2010, she established the 30% Club to campaign for greater female representation on company boards. She is a trustee at the Eve Appeal, which raises money for gynaecological cancers, and she is a former chairperson of the corporate board of the Royal Academy of Arts.[9]

Already Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to diversity in financial services.[10]

Personal life

In 2016, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by Cambridge University.[11]

Family

Morrissey and her husband, Richard, a former financial journalist and former Buddhist priest, are the parents of nine children, three boys and six girls, one of whom is Flo Morrissey.[7][12][13] They met at Cambridge, and married when she was 21.[3]

They live in Notting Hill, London.[14][3]

References

  1. ↑ "HELENA LOUISE MORRISSEY - LONDON - CHIEF EXEC OFFICER, NEWTON". Checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Bawden, Tom (21 January 2011). "Friday interview: City superwoman fights for boardroom equality". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mega-mum mega-fund manager: Helena Morrissey". tatler.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Jardine, Cassandra (17 October 2011). "Helena Morrissey: 'I thought we'd stop at five children'". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Meet the management group". Newton. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Sarah Jones (12 August 2016). "Helena Morrissey Steps Down From Newton CEO Role After 15 Years". Bloomberg. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Helena Morrissey: 'I thought we'd stop at five children'". Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "About us". Newton. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Helen Lewis (27 March 2015). "Helena Morrissey: 'If I was doing it for a popularity contest, I probably wouldn't say anything'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B7.
  11. ↑ "Helena Morrissey: University Honorary Degree" (PDF). Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Summer 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Radnor, Abigail (3 February 2018). "Helena Morrissey: 'We have nine children. I plan every day on a whiteboard'". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Urbi, Jaden (25 June 2018). "One of the most powerful women in finance oversees nearly $1 trillion — and also has 9 kids". cnbc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  14. ↑ Hattersley, Giles. "Trading Up: City Of London's High-Flying Female Execs". vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.


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