Jayne-Anne Gadhia

Jayne-Anne Gadhia
Born (1961-10-19) 19 October 1961
Stourbridge
Education Culford School
Alma mater Royal Holloway, University of London
Known for CEO of Virgin Money UK

Jayne-Anne Gadhia CBE FRSE (born 19 October 1961) is the British chief executive officer of Virgin Money UK.[1] She is considered one of the financial services industry's most senior and best-known women.

Early life

Gadhia was born in Stourbridge,[2] West Midlands, and educated at Culford School, Bury St Edmunds, followed by Royal Holloway, University of London where she graduated with a BA in History.

Career

From 1982 Gadhia trained in accountancy with Ernst & Young after which she worked at Norwich Union from 1987. From 2001-06 she worked for Fred Goodwin at the Royal Bank of Scotland. She became CEO of Virgin Money in 2007.[3]

Gadhia was asked by HM Treasury to lead a review into Women in Finance, which was published in March 2016.[4]

She was awarded a CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours.[5]

She is an advocate for gender diversity in business.[6]

Gadhia is a trustee of Business in the Community and the Tate Gallery.[7]

In 2018 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[8].

References

  1. ↑ "Virgin Money begins quest for better banking Board and Executive Team announced", Virgin Money media centre. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Becky Barrow, "New Northern Rock chief Jayne-Anne Gadhia is not your typical bank boss", thisismoney.co.uk, 18 November 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jayne-Anne Gadhia", Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Marion Dakers, "Banks have another crack at talking about women", Daily Telegraph, 22 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Jayne-Anne Gadhia talks gender equality, diversity & flexible working at the Women in Finance Summit". We Are The City. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "The CEO of Virgin Money has demanded greater action to achieve gender equality in business". The Independent. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  7. ↑ Upex, Angela (2017-09-27). "Most Influential 2017: Here's the list of movers and shakers from E to G". nechronicle. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  8. ↑ "Mrs Jayne-Anne Gadhia CBE FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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