Johanna Waterous

Johanna Waterous
Born Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous
September 1957 (age 61)
Nationality Canadian
Alma mater University of Western Ontario
Harvard Business School
Occupation Businesswoman
Spouse(s) Roger Parry

Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous CBE (born September 1957) is a London-based Canadian businesswoman.

Early life

Johanna Elizabeth Martin Waterous was born in September 1957[1] in Canada.[2] She graduated from the University of Western Ontario.[2] She received a master in business administrator from the Harvard Business School.[2]

Business career

Waterous worked for McKinsey & Company in London for two decades,[3][4] where she was co-head of its Retail and Consumer Marketing practice by 2007.[5] She also served as the Chairman of Tate Enterprises, the retail arm of the Tate galleries, from 1998 to 2006.[3][4] Additionally, she served on the Board of Directors of Shoppers Drug Mart.[3][4]

Waterous serves as operating partner at Duke Street Capital, a private equity firm based in London.[2] She also serves as the Chairman of Chairman of Sandpiper CI,[3] which is co-owned by Duke Street Capital and Europa Capital.[6]

Waterous serves on the Boards of Directors of Morrisons, Rexam and RSA Insurance Group.[3][7]

Philanthropy

Waterous serves on the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Foundation.[4][8]

By 2012, Waterous had donated £4,000 to the Conservative Party.[7] She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours.[7]

Personal life

Waterous is married to media and technology entrepreneur Roger Parry.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Rexam plc". Companies House. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Johanna Waterous". Duke Street Capital. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "BOARD OF DIRECTORS". RSA Insurance Group. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Board Members' Biographies". Morrisons. September 4, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ McGregor, Heather (September 28, 2007). "Glass elevator: Alternative routes to the top". Financial Times. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "CORPORATE". SandpiperCI. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Mason, Rowena (December 29, 2012). "New Year Honours List 2013: Tory donors get gongs: Property tycoons who have given more than £160,000 to the Conservative Party have been given awards in today's New Year Honours List". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ "About Kew Foundation". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "UK: HE'S ON TOP, SHE'S ON TOP - This is the age of the power couple While celebrities may dominate the ..." managementtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.


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